grain
The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley,…The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice.
» We import grain from Canada every year.
Ежегодно мы импортируем зерно из Канады.
Щороку ми імпортуємо зерно з Канади.
Значення
значень: 31(незлічуване)The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice.
Near-synonym: corn (broad sense, maize and others)
We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
Korn, Getreide
зерно́zernó, жи́тоžíto
зерно́zernó, збі́жжяzbížžja, жи́тоžýto
(незлічуване)Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
Near-synonym: corn (broad sense, maize and others)
(злічуване)A single seed of a food crop, especially a cereal grass crop.
a grain of wheat
grains of oat
Körnchen, Korn
зерно́zernó, зёрнышкоzjórnyško
a cereal grass
(злічуване, незлічуване)The crops from which grain is harvested.
The fields were planted with grain.
Getreide
зерновы́еzernovýje, зла́киzláki
(незлічуване)A linear texture of a material or surface.
Cut along the grain of the wood.
He doesn't like to shave against the grain.
Maserung
зерни́стостьzernístostʹ, грануля́цияgranuljácija
(злічуване)A single particle of a substance.
a grain of sand
a grain of salt
Körnchen
зёрнышкоzjórnyško, крупи́нкаkrupínka, крупи́цаkrupíca
крупи́нкаkrupýnka, части́нкаčastýnka, дрі́бкаdríbka
a relatively small granular particle of a substance
Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including
(злічуване, незлічуване)The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
(злічуване, незлічуване)The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
(злічуване, історичне, незлічуване)The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
(злічуване, історичне)Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
(злічуване, історичне)The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
Приклади
речень: 170We import grain from Canada every year.
Щороку ми імпортуємо зерно з Канади.
ruЕжегодно мы импортируем зерно из Канады.
Tom doesn't feed grain to his cows.
It's better to feed wild ducks grain than bread.
He deals in grain.
Tom deals in grain.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 2
За значеннями 6
За значеннями 4
Походження
From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.
From Middle English grayn, from Old Norse grein (“bough, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“branch, twig, ramification”), of unknown origin. Related to English grove (“thicket”).
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Форми
множина: grainsСиноніми
синонімів: 9- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses:food graincereal
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn:caryopsis
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat:metric grain
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance):texture
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