grained

American  

[greynd] / greɪnd /

adjective

1. having, reduced to, consisting of, or bearing grain or grains (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

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 • Jan. 8, 2026

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 • Nov. 24, 2025

"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 • Oct. 22, 2025

Next week, they plan to drill at a site called Enchanted Lake, which has the potential to provide the finest grained delta rock of all.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 20, 2022

The pieces were hand-carved of maple, finely grained.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich