grained
Americanadjective
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having, reduced to, consisting of, or bearing grain or grains (usually used in combination).
fine-grained sand; large-grained rice.
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having a granular form, structure, or surface.
wood and other grained materials.
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having an artificially produced granular texture or pattern.
grained kid.
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marked by a particular quality (usually used in combination).
tough-grained journalism.
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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 shell of the egg is smooth but also grained; small pebbles of calcium are defined by the sunlight, like craters on the moon.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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