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CROSS-GRAINED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cross-grained mean? 

CROSS-GRAINED (adjective)
  The adjective CROSS-GRAINED has 2 senses:

1. difficult to deal withplay

2. of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallelplay

  Familiarity information: CROSS-GRAINED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CROSS-GRAINED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult to deal with

Synonyms:

contrarious; cross-grained

Similar:

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

Synonyms:

cross-grained; curly-grained; wavy-grained

Similar:

uneven (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture)


 Context examples 


The coracle—as I had ample reason to know before I was done with her—was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway; but she was the most cross-grained, lop-sided craft to manage.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)



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