grained

American  

[greynd] / greɪnd /

adjective

1. having, reduced to, consisting of, or bearing grain or grains grain (usually used in combination).

   fine-grained sand; large-grained rice.

2. having a granular form, structure, or surface.

   wood and other grained materials.

3. having an artificially produced granular texture or pattern.

   grained kid.

4. marked by a particular quality (usually used in combination).

   tough-grained journalism.

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Other Word Forms

• grainedness noun
• nongrained adjective
• ungrained adjective
• well-grained adjective

Etymology

Origin of grained

First recorded in 1520–30; grain + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Mudstone forms from fine grained sediment that once settled in water, suggesting the area may have hosted lakes billions of years ago.

From Science Daily

The interior’s centerpiece is the dash console: two large and thickly padded horizontal bolsters stretching door to door, wrapped in glove-soft faux leather, with a middle tier of naturally grained wood.

From The Wall Street Journal

His vibrato is disciplined and finely grained; when he moves up and down the neck, the motion is smooth as a jet plane lifting into altitude.

From Los Angeles Times

"There were these big, thick, sandy doublet events where it had a fine-grained element, and on top of it was a very coarse grained sandy unit. And we were just scratching our heads," says Goldfinger.

From Science Daily

In addition, the electrodes currently used to monitor brain activity during surgery do not produce detailed fine grained data.

From Science Daily