Associations to the word «Graining»

Wiktionary

GRAINING, verb. Present participle of grain
GRAINING, noun. The practice of imitating woodgrain on a surface.
GRAINING, noun. Indentation; roughening; milling, as on edges of coins.
GRAINING, noun. A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.
GRAINING, noun. (soap manufacture) The process of separating soap from spent lye, as with salt.
GRAINING, noun. A small European freshwater fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); the dobule or dace.

Dictionary definition

GRAINING, noun. A texture like that of wood.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley