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  • 121grain — 01. China s [grain] exports were down slightly this past year due to poor weather. 02. We looked at a [grain] of salt under the microscope. 03. These old photos are too [grainy] for me to be able to identify the people in them. 04. It is much… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 122grain — noun 1 FOOD a) (U) the seeds of crops such as corn, wheat, or rice that are gathered for use as food, or these crops themselves b) (C) a single seed of corn, wheat etc 2 OF WOOD ETC the grain the natural arrangement of the threads or fibres (3)… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 123grain — noun 1 seeds of wheat, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ whole ▪ The journal reports that eating whole grains protects against diabetes. ▪ cereal, rice …

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  • 124grain — n. food plants 1) to grow grain 2) to store grain texture 3) a fine; rough; smooth grain 4) against the grain; with the grain misc. 5) to take smt. with a grain of salt ( to be skeptical about smt. ) * * * [greɪn] rough smooth grain with the grai …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 125grain */*/ — UK [ɡreɪn] / US noun Word forms grain : singular grain plural grains 1) [uncountable] the seeds from crops such as wheat, rice, or barley that are used for food bags of mixed grain a) [uncountable] food crops such as wheat, rice, or barley golden …

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  • 126The Journey of Shuna — Infobox animanga/Header name = The Journey of Shuna caption = ja kanji = シュナの旅 ja romaji = Shuna no Tabi genre = AdventureInfobox animanga/Manga title = author = Hayao Miyazaki illustrator = publisher = Animage JuJu Bunko publisher en = publisher …

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  • 127grain — noun 1》 wheat or other cultivated cereal used as food.     ↘a single seed or fruit of a cereal. 2》 a small, hard particle of a substance such as sand.     ↘a discrete particle or crystal in a metal, igneous rock, etc. 3》 the smallest unit of… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 128The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry — Grange Hall in Maine, circa 1910 Grange Hall redirects here. For other uses including individual Grange Hall buildings, see The Grange (disambiguation) The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, also simply styled the Grange, is a… …

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