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grained

grained adjective: having a grain or grains. Also the simple past and past participle of grain.

Adjective

grained (not comparable)

  1. Having a grain or grains.
  2. Stained with an imitation wood grain.
  3. (in-compounds) Having a specified type of grain.
    • close-grained
    • long-grained rice

Also used as

grained is also the simple past and past participle of grain.

Origin of grained

From grain + -ed. Piecewise doublet of corned.

Words formed from grained

Phrases with grained

Questions about grained

What does grained mean?
Grained means having a grain or grains.
What part of speech is grained?
Grained is an adjective.

Words near grained in the dictionary

  1. grain yards
  2. grainage
  3. grainages
  4. Grainau
  5. graine
  6. grained
  7. grained up
  8. grainer
  9. graineries
  10. grainers
  11. grainery

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