grain vs solid

grain

noun
  • A linear texture of a material or surface. 

  • 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. 

  • A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant. 

  • Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa. 

  • Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons. 

  • One of the branches of a valley or river. 

  • The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. 

  • Temper; natural disposition; inclination. 

  • A blade of a sword, knife, etc. 

  • A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction. 

  • A single particle of a substance. 

  • The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity. 

  • An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly. 

  • A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core. 

  • The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg. 

  • The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine. 

  • A single seed of grass food crops. 

  • The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. 

  • Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times. 

  • The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff. 

  • A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. 

  • The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg. 

  • The crops from which grain is harvested. 

  • A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple. 

verb
  • To remove the hair or fat from a skin. 

  • To feed grain to. 

  • To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood. 

  • To soften leather. 

  • To make granular; to form into grains. 

  • To yield fruit. 

  • To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate. 

solid

noun
  • A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). 

  • An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout. 

  • Food which is not liquid-based. 

  • A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). 

  • A favor. 

adv
  • Solidly. 

  • Without spaces or hyphens. 

adj
  • Financially well off; wealthy. 

  • Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed. 

  • Strong or unyielding. 

  • Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious. 

  • That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma. 

  • Hearty; filling. 

  • Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens. 

  • Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials. 

  • Large in size, quantity, or value. 

  • Of a single color throughout. 

  • Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps. 

  • Excellent, of high quality, or reliable. 

  • Sound; not weak. 

  • United; without division; unanimous. 

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