Drain vs. Grain — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Drain and Grain
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Drain
To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process
Drained water from the sink.
Grain
A grain is a small, hard, dry seed - with or without an attached hull or fruit layer - harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant.
Drain
To cause liquid to go out from; empty
Drained the bathtub.
Drain the pond.
Grain
Wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food.
Drain
To draw off the surface water of
The Mississippi River drains a vast area.
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Grain
A single fruit or seed of a cereal
A few grains of corn
Drain
To drink all the contents of
Drained the cup.
Grain
The smallest unit of weight in the troy and avoirdupois systems, equal to 1/5760 of a pound troy and 1/7000 of a pound avoirdupois (approximately 0.0648 gram).
Drain
To cause (a resource or supply of something) to be used up gradually and often completely.
Grain
The longitudinal arrangement or pattern of fibres in wood, paper, etc.
He scored along the grain of the table with the knife
Drain
To fatigue or spend emotionally or physically
The day's events drained me of energy.
Grain
A person's character or natural tendency.
Drain
(Sports) To put (a ball or shot) into a hole or basket, as in golf or basketball
Drained the putt for a birdie.
Grain
Kermes or cochineal, or dye made from either of these.
Drain
To flow off or out
Gasoline drained slowly from the tilted can.
Grain
Give a rough surface or texture to
Her fingers were grained with chalk dust
Drain
To become empty by the drawing off of liquid
Watched the tub slowly drain.
Grain
Paint (especially furniture or interior surfaces) in imitation of the grain of wood or marble.
Drain
To discharge surface or excess water
The Niagara River drains into Lake Ontario. When flooded, the swamp drains northward.
Grain
Remove hair from (a hide).
Drain
To become gradually depleted; dwindle
Felt his enthusiasm draining.
Grain
Feed (a horse) on grain.
Drain
A pipe or channel by which liquid is drawn off.
Grain
A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united
A single grain of wheat.
Gleaned the grains from the ground one at a time. Also called caryopsis.
Drain
(Medicine) A device, such as a tube, inserted into the opening of a wound or body cavity to facilitate discharge of fluid or purulent material.
Grain
The fruits of cereal grasses especially after having been harvested, considered as a group
The grain was stored in a silo.
Drain
The act or process of draining.
Grain
A cereal grass
Wheat is a grain grown in Kansas.
Drain
A gradual outflow or loss; consumption or depletion
The drain of young talent by emigration.
Grain
Cereal grasses considered as a group
Grain is grown along the river.
Drain
Something that causes a gradual loss
Interruptions that are a drain on my patience.
Grain
A relatively small discrete particulate or crystalline mass
A grain of sand.
Drain
A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole UK
The drain in the kitchen sink is clogged.
Grain
A small amount or the smallest amount possible
Hasn't a grain of sense.
Drain
An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
Grain
(Aerospace) A mass of solid propellant.
Drain
Something consuming resources and providing nothing in return.
That rental property is a drain on our finances.
Grain
Abbr. gr. A unit of weight in the US Customary System, an avoirdupois unit equal to 0.002285 ounce (0.065 gram).
Drain
(vulgar) An act of urination.
Grain
The markings, pattern, or texture of the fibrous tissue in wood
Cherry wood has a fine grain.
Drain
(electronics) One terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
Grain
The direction of such markings
Cut a board with the grain.
Drain
(pinball) An outhole.
Grain
The side of a hide or piece of leather from which the hair or fur has been removed.
Drain
A drink.
Grain
The pattern or markings on this side of leather.
Drain
(intransitive) To lose liquid.
The clogged sink drained slowly.
Grain
The pattern produced, as in stone, by the arrangement of particulate constituents.
Drain
(intransitive) To flow gradually.
The water of low ground drains off.
Grain
The relative size of the particles composing a substance or pattern
A coarse grain.
Drain
To cause liquid to flow out of.
Please drain the sink. It's full of dirty water.
Grain
A painted, stamped, or printed design that imitates the pattern found in wood, leather, or stone.
Drain
To convert a perennially wet place into a dry one.
They had to drain the swampy land before the parking lot could be built.
Grain
The direction or texture of fibers in a woven fabric.
Drain
(transitive) To deplete of energy or resources.
The stress of this job is really draining me.
Grain
A state of fine crystallization.
Drain
(transitive) To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to exhaust.
Grain
Basic temperament or nature; disposition
It goes against my grain to ask for help.
Drain
To filter.
Grain
An essential quality or characteristic
"Toughness as a virtue ... is, needless to say, fully embedded in the American grain" (Benjamin DeMott).
Drain
To fall off the bottom of the playfield.
Grain
(Archaic) Color; tint.
Drain
To drink.
Grain
To cause to form into grains; granulate.
Drain
To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.
Fountains drain the water from the ground adjacent.
But it was not alone that the he drained their treasure and hampered their industry.
Grain
To paint, stamp, or print with a design imitating the grain of wood, leather, or stone.
Drain
To exhaust of liquid contents by drawing them off; to make gradually dry or empty; to remove surface water, as from streets, by gutters, etc.; to deprive of moisture; hence, to exhaust; to empty of wealth, resources, or the like; as, to drain a country of its specie.
Sinking waters, the firm land to drain,Filled the capacious deep and formed the main.
Grain
To give a granular or rough texture to.
Drain
To filter.
Salt water, drained through twenty vessels of earth, hath become fresh.
Grain
To remove the hair or fur from (hides) in preparation for tanning.
Drain
To flow gradually; as, the water of low ground drains off.
Grain
To form grains
The corn began to grain.
Drain
To become emptied of liquor by flowing or dropping; as, let the vessel stand and drain.
Grain
(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
Drain
The act of draining, or of drawing off; gradual and continuous outflow or withdrawal; as, the drain of specie from a country; the project is a drain on resources.
Grain
(uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
Drain
That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Grain
(countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
A grain of wheat
Grains of oat
Drain
The grain from the mashing tub; as, brewers' drains.
Grain
The crops from which grain is harvested.
The fields were planted with grain.
Drain
Emptying accomplished by draining
Grain
(uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
Cut along the grain of the wood.
He doesn't like to shave against the grain.
Drain
Tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
Grain
(countable) A single particle of a substance.
A grain of sand
A grain of salt
Drain
A pipe through which liquid is carried away
Grain
(countable) Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including
Drain
A gradual depletion of energy or resources;
A drain on resources
A drain of young talent by emmigration
Grain
The English grain of 5760 troy pound or 7000 pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
Drain
Flow off gradually;
The rain water drains into this big vat
Grain
The metric, carat, or pearl grain of 4 carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
Drain
Deplete of resources;
The exercise class drains me of energy
Grain
(historical) The French grain of 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.
Drain
Empty of liquid; drain the liquid from;
We drained the oil tank
Grain
Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
Drain
Make weak;
Life in the camp drained him
Grain
The carat grain of 4 carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
Grain
(materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
Grain
(rocketry) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
Grain
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.
Grain
The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
Grain
(in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
Grain
(botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
Grain
Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
Grain
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.
Grain
A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
Grain
A tine, prong, or fork.
Grain
One of the branches of a valley or river.
Grain
An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
Grain
A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
Grain
(founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
Grain
To feed grain to.
Grain
(transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.
Grain
(intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
Grain
To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
Grain
(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
Grain
(tanning) To soften leather.
Grain
To yield fruit.
Grain
See Groan.
Grain
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
Grain
To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
Grain
To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).
Grain
To yield fruit.
Grain
To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
Grain
A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
Grain
The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; - used collectively.
Storehouses crammed with grain.
Grain
Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
I . . . with a grain of manhood well resolved.
Grain
The unit of the English system of weights; - so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
Grain
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.
All in a robe of darkest grain.
Doing as the dyers do, who, having first dipped their silks in colors of less value, then give' them the last tincture of crimson in grain.
Grain
The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
Hard box, and linden of a softer grain.
Grain
The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
Knots, by the conflux of meeting sap,Infect the sound pine and divert his grainTortive and errant from his course of growth.
Grain
The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
Grain
The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
Grain
The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
Grain
Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
Brothers . . . not united in grain.
Grain
A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
He cheweth grain and licorice,To smellen sweet.
The red roses flush up in her cheeks . . . Likce crimson dyed in grain.
Grain
A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
Grain
A tine, prong, or fork.
Grain
A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
Grain
A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.
Grain
A small hard particle;
A grain of sand
Grain
Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
Grain
Used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
Grain
1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
Grain
1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
Grain
Dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Grain
The direction or texture of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric;
Saw the board across the grain
Grain
Thoroughly work in;
His hands were grained with dirt
Grain
Paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
Grain
Form into grains
Grain
Become granular
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