Synonyms for grain

noun

1. Seeds of domesticated grasses

   cereal, cereals, corn (British), small grain, seed, maize.

   Varieties of grain include: rice, wheat, oats, barley, corn, rye, millet.

2. A particle

   speck, pellet, fragment; see bit 1.

3. Character imparted by fiber

   texture, warp and woof, striation, tendency, fabric, staple, tissue, weft, current, direction, tooth, nap.

against the grain*