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graining

The correct spelling is graining.

How to pronounce graining

verb

Say it like: Gra-yni-ng

The correct spelling is graining. To feed grain to.

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Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To feed grain to.
  2. 2.To make granular; to form into grains.
  3. 3.To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
  4. 4.To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
  5. 5.(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.

noun

  1. 1.The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
  2. 2.Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
  3. 3.A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
  4. 4.(soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
  5. 5.A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.

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