sgranare.
to shell, to hull, to husk
Meaning & usage
to shell, to hull, to husk
sgranare il cotone
sgranare gli occhi
to pray, to tell (the rosary) (to recite devotions while fingering the beads of a rosary)
to unleash, to fire (a barrage of shots using an automatic weapon)
to rattle off (a series of items)
to show (a smile)
Where this word comes from
From s- + grano (“grain”) + -are.
to cause (a rock, a piece of metal) to crumble
to wolf down, to scarf, to eat greedily (usually in a pronominal construction)
to eat
to enlarge, to blow up (an image) so that the grain appears
Where this word comes from
From s- + grana + -are.
to grind (a gear)
to grind the gears
to detach (the anchor chain) from the winch
Where this word comes from
From ingranare (“to mesh”), with replacement of the prefix by s-.
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