adjective (of wood, stone, etc.)
1 having noticeable lines or a pattern on the surface:
The painter uses a grained canvas that absorbs a lot of paint. * grained oak panels
2 (-grained) having a TEXTURE of the type mentioned:
fine-grained stone * (figurative) coarse-grained information (= lacking detail) * a coarse-grained farmer (= lacking manners, education, etc.)
