grainer

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Noun

grainer (plural grainers)

1. A knife for taking the hair off skins.
2. An infusion of pigeon's dung used by tanners to neutralize the effects of lime and give flexibility to skins; -- called also grains and bate.
3. One who paints in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.; also, the brush or tool used in graining.

Anagrams

• angrier, earring, rangier, rearing

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French

Verb

grainer

1. to granulate
2. to seed

Conjugation

   Conjugation of grainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		grainer			avoir grainé
gerund		en grainant			en ayant grainé
present participle		grainant
past participle		grainé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	graine	graines	graine	grainons	grainez	grainent
	imperfect	grainais	grainais	grainait	grainions	grainiez	grainaient
	past historic1	grainai	grainas	graina	grainâmes	grainâtes	grainèrent
	future	grainerai	graineras	grainera	grainerons	grainerez	graineront
	conditional	grainerais	grainerais	grainerait	grainerions	graineriez	graineraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	graine	graines	graine	grainions	grainiez	grainent
	imperfect1	grainasse	grainasses	grainât	grainassions	grainassiez	grainassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	graine	—	grainons	grainez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• grainage