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# grainy

«grainy» in Mova's school dictionary: **having a rough texture with small bits or grains in it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (grainy, grainier, grainiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Grainy means having a rough texture with small bits or grains in it, like sand, or food that is not smooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#m1)

2) A grainy photo or video is not clear and looks spotty, made of tiny dots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#m2)

3) Grainy bread or wood has a visible grain pattern. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, grainy describes the texture of materials like sand or sugar. In everyday life, old or zoomed-in photos and security videos can be grainy, so it is hard to see faces. In stories, a grainy picture can be a clue that is hard to read.

### examples

- The old photo of Great-Grandma is grainy and faded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#x1)
- The custard went grainy because it got too hot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#x2)
- The video of the UFO was too grainy to prove anything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#x3)
- This bread has a nice grainy texture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#x4)
- The beach sand felt grainy between my toes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#x5)
- When you zoom right in, the picture becomes grainy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/#x6)

### note

Comparative: grainier, grainiest (change y to i). Opposite for photos: sharp or clear; for food: smooth.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grainy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grainy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.