Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grain
Participle: grained
Gerund: graining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grain |
| you | grain |
| he;she;it | grains |
| we | grain |
| you | grain |
| they | grain |
Perfect
| I | have grained |
| you | have grained |
| he;she;it | has grained |
| we | have grained |
| you | have grained |
| they | have grained |
Past
| I | grained |
| you | grained |
| he;she;it | grained |
| we | grained |
| you | grained |
| they | grained |
Pluperfect
| I | had grained |
| you | had grained |
| he;she;it | had grained |
| we | had grained |
| you | had grained |
| they | had grained |
Future
| I | will grain |
| you | will grain |
| he;she;it | will grain |
| we | will grain |
| you | will grain |
| they | will grain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grained |
| you | will have grained |
| he;she;it | will have grained |
| we | will have grained |
| you | will have grained |
| they | will have grained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grain |
| you | grain |
| he;she;it | grain |
| we | grain |
| you | grain |
| they | grain |
Perfect
| I | have grained |
| you | have grained |
| he;she;it | have grained |
| we | have grained |
| you | have grained |
| they | have grained |
Imperfect
| I | grained |
| you | grained |
| he;she;it | grained |
| we | grained |
| you | grained |
| they | grained |
Pluperfect
| I | had grained |
| you | had grained |
| he;she;it | had grained |
| we | had grained |
| you | had grained |
| they | had grained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grain |
| you | would grain |
| he;she;it | would grain |
| we | would grain |
| you | would grain |
| they | would grain |
Perfect
| I | would have grained |
| you | would have grained |
| he;she;it | would have grained |
| we | would have grained |
| you | would have grained |
| they | would have grained |
Imperative
| you | grain |
| we | Let's grain |
| you | grain |
Verbs conjugated like 'grain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grain'
brain,
drain,
gain,
grin,
groin,
rain,
train,
amain,
berain,
braid,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.
Sample Sentences
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He said that no man loved his horses, unless his own hands grained them. Every Christmas he gave them brimming measures. [1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:]