to grain
- verb
- /ɡreɪn/
Examples
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Should I grain the first ten off the top of the stack in the suitcase?
Fiction book (1990) -
As the artist began to grain the wood, the texture of the surface started to resemble a natural pattern.
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Before staining the furniture, you need to grain the surface to enhance its appearance.
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He decided to grain the canvas to prepare it for the next layer of paint.
Synonyms
To make something into small grains like sugar
To make something into small hard grains or crystals
Idioms
- Informal
To do something very different from what most people expect or usually do
Compounds
A grain that still has all its natural parts, like the outer layer and soft inside
- Specialized
Pure alcohol made by heating fermented grain, used in medicine, as a solvent or fuel additive
The lines and patterns you see on the surface of wood that its long thin parts make
- Specialized
A tall plant grown for small edible seeds used for food or animal feed
A small moth whose larvae eat stored grains like wheat or corn and damage them
- Specialized
A unit of weight that equals 50 milligrams or 1/4 carat used for pearls and diamonds
- Specialized
A machine that removes dirt and small stones from grain before storage or sale
A small plant from northwestern North America with green and purple bell-shaped flowers
- Specialized
A hard red wheat grown in Russia and Germany used mostly to feed farm animals
How Granular
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grain as a verb comes from the noun grain and means to form many small hard bits, like when something breaks into tiny 'seeds'. So if a mixture 'grains', it is turning into small particles.