English words for 'leather with a napped surface'
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- (boxing) A punch.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
noun
- A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
- (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
- A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- (British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
- A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
- The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
- sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
- a period of time spent sleeping
- a soft or fuzzy surface texture
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
verb
noun
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
noun
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
verb
- (tanning) To soften leather.
- (transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.
- (transitive) To feed grain to.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
- To yield fruit.
- (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
- (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
- paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
- thoroughly work in
- become granular
- form into grains
noun
- Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
- An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
- (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
- (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
- (photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
- One of the branches of a valley or river.
- (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
- (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.
- (historical) The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
- (countable) A single particle of a substance.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The fangs of a tooth.
- (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
- (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The groin; crotch.
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant; an offshoot.
- (countable, chiefly historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
- (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
- (dialectal) A fork in a river valley or ravine.
- A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
- (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
- (countable, historical) The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
- An arm of a cross.
- A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
- (dialectal) The branch of a family; clan.
- (astronautics) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
- The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
- (dialectal) A branch or arm of a stream, inlet, or sea.
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
- the smallest possible unit of anything
- a cereal grass
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
- 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
noun
- leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- a dense crowd of people
- the act of crushing
- temporary love of an adolescent
- A crowd control barrier.
- (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- (informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- (uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- (television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
- (slang) A group or gang.
- A violent crowding.
verb
- crush or bruise
- make ineffective
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
- break into small pieces
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- humiliate or depress completely
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- (figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
- (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
- (intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- (film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- (transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- To oppress or grievously burden.
noun
- a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side
- Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through them; especially, such leather with a soft, finely granulated finish (sometimes called velvet finish) applied to the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc.
noun
- a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
- A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
- a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
- The color of such an animal.
- An animal (such as a horse) that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
adj
noun
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
verb
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
noun
- The leather made from such hide.
- A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
- The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
- The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
- (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
- (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland) A very untidy house or room.
- (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
- A bundle or set of such hides.
- (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
- (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
- (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
- A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
- (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
- sleep
- a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
- the basic unit of money in Laos
verb
- (transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
- (informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
- (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To conduct oneself; act
- (gymnastics, intransitive) To perform the kip maneuver.
- be asleep
noun
- Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
- The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).
- A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
- The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
- A cabless railroad engine.
- (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
- A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
- A small island, near a larger island.
- young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
- the muscular back part of the shank
- fine leather from the skin of a calf
- young of domestic cattle
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noun
verb
noun
- A cloth that is placed as a protective layer on top of something.
- Any of various overgarments that consist primarily of a large cloth worn over the clothes.
- A decorative cloth placed over the saddlecloth and below the saddle.
- The top of a double layer of canvas coverings that cover the presses used in mining.
- A decorative cloth placed on top of something to give it a more refined appearance.
- A tablecloth that is laid on top of another tablecloth, usually allowing some of the lower tablecloth to show.
noun
- a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
- a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants
- minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
- A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
- (UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
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adj
verb
noun
name
noun
- A soft or fuzzy surface, generally on fabric or leather.
- (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
- A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
- (British) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
- A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
- The common direction, on some kinds of fabric, of the hairs making up the pile.
- (Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.
- sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
- a period of time spent sleeping
- a soft or fuzzy surface texture
- the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave
- a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes
verb
noun
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
- (countable) A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
- (figuratively) Moral strength and resolve.
- Dietary fiber.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (category theory) The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (textiles) A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- (uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
noun
- a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth
- coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber)
- Moral strength and resolve.
- (mathematics) The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- (computing) A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- (cytology) A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- (category theory) Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- (uncountable) Material in the form of fibres.
- Dietary fibre.
- (countable) A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
noun
- leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- a dense crowd of people
- the act of crushing
- temporary love of an adolescent
- A crowd control barrier.
- (informal) An infatuation with somebody one is not dating.
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- A drink made by squeezing the juice out of fruit.
- (informal, by extension) The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- (uncountable, sexuality) A paraphilia involving arousal from seeing things destroyed by crushing.
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- (television, uncountable) The situation where certain colors are so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling.
- (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season when this process takes place.
- A crowd that produces uncomfortable pressure.
- (slang) A group or gang.
- A violent crowding.
verb
- crush or bruise
- make ineffective
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
- break into small pieces
- to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
- humiliate or depress completely
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- (figurative, colloquial) To do impressively well at (sports events; performances; interviews; etc.).
- To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
- (figurative) To overwhelm by pressure or weight.
- (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.
- (intransitive, transitive) To feel infatuation or unrequited love.
- (film, television) To give a compressed or foreshortened appearance to.
- (transitive, television) To make certain colors so similar as to be hard to distinguish, either as a deliberate effect or as a limitation of a display.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
- To oppress or grievously burden.
noun
- a very soft leather made from the skins of calves and having a suede finish on the flesh side
- Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through them; especially, such leather with a soft, finely granulated finish (sometimes called velvet finish) applied to the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc.
noun
- a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding
- A kind of leather used for slippers, bookbinding, etc., made from sheepskin, tanned with sumac and colored to imitate ungrained morocco.
- a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
- The color of such an animal.
- An animal (such as a horse) that has a coat of a dark base color with individual white hairs mixed in.
adj
noun
- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
- A strap worn on the shoulder.
- (botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
- (finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
- (journalism) Synonym of strapline.
- A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
- (nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- (carpentry, machinery) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- (slang, professional wrestling, with "the") A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
- (slang, LGBTQ) A strap-on.
- (slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
- (botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
- hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
- a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
- whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
verb
- (transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
- (transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
- (transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
- (transitive) To slap or stroke the muscled areas of a horse with a cloth or pad, a form of massage meant to improve muscle tone.
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- beat severely with a whip or rod
- tie with a strap
- sharpen with a strap
noun
- The leather made from such hide.
- A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally called the kilopound.
- The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
- The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
- (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.
- (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland) A very untidy house or room.
- (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
- A bundle or set of such hides.
- (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
- (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
- (informal, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
- A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
- (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high bar and still rings used, for example, as a way of mounting the bar in a front support position, or achieving a handstand from a hanging position. In its basic form, the legs are swung forward and upward by bending the hips, then suddenly down again, which gives the upward impulse to the body.
- sleep
- a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
- the basic unit of money in Laos
verb
- (transitive, dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) To snatch; take up hastily; filch
- (informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.
- (intransitive, dialectal, Northern England) To conduct oneself; act
- (gymnastics, intransitive) To perform the kip maneuver.
- be asleep
noun
- Leather made of the skin of domestic calves; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
- The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).
- A mass of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
- The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
- A cabless railroad engine.
- (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
- A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo.
- A small island, near a larger island.
- young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo
- the muscular back part of the shank
- fine leather from the skin of a calf
- young of domestic cattle
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A cloth that is placed as a protective layer on top of something.
- Any of various overgarments that consist primarily of a large cloth worn over the clothes.
- A decorative cloth placed over the saddlecloth and below the saddle.
- The top of a double layer of canvas coverings that cover the presses used in mining.
- A decorative cloth placed on top of something to give it a more refined appearance.
- A tablecloth that is laid on top of another tablecloth, usually allowing some of the lower tablecloth to show.
noun
- a thin strip of leather; often used to lash things together
- a backless sandal held to the foot by a thong between the big toe and the second toe
- leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- underpants resembling a G-string; worn by women especially under very tight pants
- minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband
- The largest section of a bullwhip constructed of many straps of braided leather.
- A narrow strip of material, typically leather, used to fasten, bind, or secure objects.
- (UK, US) An item of clothing, usually an undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
adj
verb
noun
- (boxing) A punch.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
verb
- (tanning) To soften leather.
- (transitive) To make granular; to form into grains.
- (transitive) To feed grain to.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
- To yield fruit.
- (tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.
- (intransitive) To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
- paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood
- thoroughly work in
- become granular
- form into grains
noun
- Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
- The metric, carat, or pearl grain of ¹⁄₄ carat used for measuring precious stones and pearls, now exactly 50 mg.
- An iron fish spear or harpoon, with a number of points half-barbed inwardly.
- (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
- (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
- (photography, videography) Visual texture in processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver, or dye clouds, developed from silver halide that have received enough photons.
- One of the branches of a valley or river.
- (botany) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock.
- (in the plural) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum.
- (historical) The French grain of ¹⁄₉₂₁₆ livre, equivalent to 53.11 mg at metricization and equal to exactly 54.25 mg from 1812–1839 as part of the mesures usuelles.
- (countable) A single particle of a substance.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The fangs of a tooth.
- (materials) A region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction.
- (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
- (dialectal, anatomy) The groin; crotch.
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant; an offshoot.
- (countable, chiefly historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.
- (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
- The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
- (dialectal) A fork in a river valley or ravine.
- A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
- (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
- (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
- (countable, historical) The carat grain of ¹⁄₄ carat as a measure of gold purity, creating a 96-point scale between 0% and 100% purity.
- An arm of a cross.
- A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
- (dialectal) The branch of a family; clan.
- (astronautics) The solid piece of fuel in an individual solid-fuel rocket engine.
- The English grain of ¹⁄₅₇₆₀ troy pound or ¹⁄₇₀₀₀ pound avoirdupois, now exactly 64.79891 mg.
- (dialectal) A branch or arm of a stream, inlet, or sea.
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
- the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric
- the smallest possible unit of anything
- a cereal grass
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
- 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams
- the side of leather from which the hair has been removed
- dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
- a relatively small granular particle of a substance
- 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams
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- (boxing) A punch.
- A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier specifies otherwise.
- (baseball) A good defensive play
- (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
- Clipping of fruit leather.
- (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
- A piece of the above used for polishing.
- an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning