| grail | (noun) (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper | Synonyms: Holy Grail, Sangraal |
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| (noun) the object of any prolonged endeavor | - |
| grain | (noun) the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric | - |
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| (noun) the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) | Synonyms: texture |
| (noun) the smallest possible unit of anything | - |
| (noun) foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses | Synonyms: cereal, food grain |
| (noun) a relatively small granular particle of a substance | - |
| (noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn | Synonyms: caryopsis |
| (noun) a cereal grass | - |
| (noun) 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
| (noun) 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams | - |
| (noun) a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat | Synonyms: metric grain |
| (noun) the side of leather from which the hair has been removed | - |
| (verb) form into grains | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) become granular | Synonyms: granulate |
| (verb) thoroughly work in | Synonyms: ingrain |
| (verb) paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood | - |
| grainfield | (noun) a field where grain is grown | Synonyms: grain field |
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| graininess | (noun) the quality of being composed of relatively large particles | Synonyms: coarseness, granularity |
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| graining | (noun) a texture like that of wood | Synonyms: woodgraining |
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| grainy | (adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency | Synonyms: coarse-grained, farinaceous, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy |
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