Golden grains filled the barn.

Meaning: The seeds of cereal plants that are the color of gold made the building on a farm where crops and other things are stored full.

Choice of Words: Golden is the color of gold, grains are the seeds of cereal plants, filled means to make something full, and barn is a building on a farm where crops and other things are stored.

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Golden grains overflowed the barn.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that there were so many golden-colored grains in the barn that they spilled out onto the ground.

Choice of Words: Overflowed means that there were so many grains that they spilled out of the barn and onto the ground. This word shows that there were even more grains than the barn could hold.

The barn was bursting with golden grains.

Meaning: This sentence tells us that the barn was so full of golden-colored grains that it seemed like it might burst open.

Choice of Words: Bursting means that the barn was so full of grains that it seemed like it might explode. This word gives us a sense of how much grain was in the barn.

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