plural of grain

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grain

present participle of grain

The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface. / Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins. / A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus leuciscus); the dobule or dace.

(geology, photography) The size of a grain (particle) in a sediment or emulsion

The medullary rays in timber.

Having a dense firm grain. / Uninviting; dour.

The grain of wood cut at right angles, with visible growth rings.

Certain species of genus Oldenlandia