- grain to be ground.
- ground grain; meal produced from grinding.
- a quantity of grain for grinding at one time; the amount of meal from one grinding.
- a quantity or lot.
- to grind (grain).
- something employed to one's profit or advantage, especially something seemingly unpromising: Every delay was so much more grist for her mill.
- grain intended to be or that has been ground
- the quantity of such grain processed in one grinding
- malt grains that have been cleaned and cracked
- anything that can be turned to profit or advantage
