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[ɡrein]1) (a seed of wheat, oats etc.) grão2) (corn in general: Grain is ground into flour.) cereais3) (a very small, hard particle: a grain of sand.) grão4) (the way in which the lines of fibre run in wood, leather etc.) veio5) (a very small amount: There isn't a grain of truth in that story.) pingo•* * *[grein] n 1 grão, semente. 2 cereais, trigo, grains bagaço de cevada. 3 plantas que produzem cereais. 4 grão, partícula. 5 unidade de peso equivalente a 0,065 g. 6 traço, quantidade mínima. 7 grão, textura, veia de madeira ou pedra. 8 estrutura, textura. 9 Phot grão. 10 caráter, natureza. • vt+vi 1 formar em grão, granular. 2 imitar a grã da madeira ou as veias de mármore. against the grain contra a natureza, ao revés. dyed in the grain tingido na fibra. in grain inveterado, em essência. without a grain of malice sem (um traço de) malícia.
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