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grain

/ɡreɪn/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɡreɪn/
grain
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> grain

Myanmar meaning

(n) စပါးစေ့။ပြောင်းစေ့။

Full entry

grain / greÇn / n

၁။ (က) [U] ဂျုံ၊ စပါး စသည်။ America's grain exports. See also WHOLE- GRAIN (ခ) [C] ဂျုံ၊ စပါး စသည့် နှံစားပင်တို့၏ အစေ့အဆန်။ a few grains of rice. ❍ CEREAL
၂။ [C] (ဆား၊ သကြား၊ သဲ) အပွင့်။ a grain of salt/ sand/ sugar.
၃။ [C] တစိုးတစိ။ There isn't a grain of (ie any) truth in it.
၄။ [C] ဂရိန်။ The analysis showed a few grains of arsenic in the solution.
၅။ [U] (က) သစ်သားအကြော။ သစ်ကြော။ cut a piece of wood along/ across the grain.
(ခ) သစ်သား၊ ကျောက်ခဲ စသည် ညက်ခြင်း၊ ကြမ်းခြင်း။ wood of fine/ medium/ coarse grain.
❏ (be/ go) against the grain [IDM ] စိတ်မတွေ့။ ဘဝင်မကျ။ It really goes against the grain to have to go into the office at weekends (ie I do not like it).
❏ -grained (forming compound adjs) (ကြမ်းသော၊ ညက်သော) အသား။ coarse-grained ❍ fine-grained.
❏ grainy adj (esp of photographs) အစက် အပြောက် များဖြင့် မှုန်ဝါးဝါး ဖြစ်သော။ a grainy old black-and-white film.

More examples
  • Bags of mixed grain
  • Golden fields of grain
  • A grain of rice
  • [a grain of truth] : There was more than a grain of truth in what he’d said.
  • There were deep cracks along the grain of the wood.
Synonyms
granule, particle, speck, crumb, morsel, small piece, little bit, atom, bit, cereal, character, corn, current, direction, drop, fiber, fragment, grist, iota, jot, kernel, make-up, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nap, ounce, pattern, pellet, piece, scintilla, scrap, scruple, seed, small amount, smidgen, smidgeon, spark, staple, striation, surface, tendency, tissue, tittle, tooth, trace, warp and woof, weave, weft, whit
Antonyms
lot, whole
Cross references
granuleparticlespeckcrumbmorselsmall piecelittle bitatombitcerealcharactercorncurrentdirectiondropfiberfragmentgristiotajotkernelmake-upmitemodicummoleculemotenapounce
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