Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "grain" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

against the grain ancient grain argyrophilic grain disease end grain feed grain feedgrain felt grain foodgrain go against the grain grain beetle grain boundary grain corn grain elevator grain engulfment grain entrapment grain itch grain moon grain of paradise grain of salt grain of truth grain physa grain popping grain refiner grain size grain up grain weevil grain whiskey grain whisky grain yard grainage grainfall grainfield grainflow grainish grainland grainless grainlike grainline grains of paradise grainstone grainy grainygrip grain grip grain guinea grains intergrain intragrain kefir grain long-grain micrograin multigrain nanograin nongrain overgrain pollen grain pseudograin puffed grain seed grain silver grain silver-grain snow grains soft-grain subgrain supergrain there's a grain of truth in every joke troy grain whole grain whole-grain wholegrain winnow grain from chaff with a grain of salt woodgrain

Etymologically Related To

corn

Context

botany founding materials photography tanning videography

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

apothecaries' unit apothecaries' weight atom avoirdupois unit cereal cereal grass change form change shape composition constitution corpuscle deform food food product foodstuff form leather littleness make-up makeup metric weight unit molecule mote paint particle penetrate perforate physical composition seed smallness speck texture troy unit weight unit

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

barley maize millet oat rice rye sorghum wheat

Type Of (IsA)

apothecaries unit atom avoirdupois unit cereal foodstuff leather metric weight unit seed smallness texture troy unit unit of measure unit of measure for weight

Manner Of

paint

Part Of

decigram dram pennyweight scruple

Receives Action

dried in grain bin found on farm

Related Terms

cereal coarse-grained combine field fine-grained garnet grain alcohol grain car grain neutral spirit grain spirit grains of paradise granary granular granularity granulate granulation grenade grosgrain guinea grains mill neutral grain spirit scythe

Related Terms

all cereals amaranth amber amber waves animal animal feed barb barley branch bread bread ingredient buckwheat carat carat grain carbohydrate category cereal cereal crop cereals core corn corn rice crop crop food crop type crops crystal crystallization dock draff dye cloud eaten example example wheat farm farm crop farmed farmed cereal fat feed feed stores fiber fields fields of flour food food category food group food material food staple food type foods fork general general term generic generic term granular granulate granule granules grass group hair halide harvested her hos hos barley in bread individual individual sand ingredient leather like like rice like sand like wheat little little vegetable livre makes makes bread making making bread material mesures metal metallic mould mustard mustard seed nutrients oat oat food oats of rice one piece one rice one sand ounce particle pearl grain photons piece plant plant food processed prong quinoa remove residuum rice rice bread rice corn rice piece rice seed rice wheat river rye salt sand sand particle sand piece seed seeds sepal silo skin small small sand small wheat soften spelt spelt oats stalk staple stem stores term texture tine tiny tiny particle tree type tyrian purple usuelle valley vegetable vegetation waves weight wheat wheat barley wheat corn wheat rice wheat rye whole whole foods whole wheat wood

Synonym Network

granulate ingrain texture

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.