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sgranare.

to shell, to hull, to husk

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/zɡraˈna.re/
  1. to shell, to hull, to husk

    transitive
    sgranare il cotone
    sgranare gli occhi
  2. to pray, to tell (the rosary) (to recite devotions while fingering the beads of a rosary)

    transitive
  3. to unleash, to fire (a barrage of shots using an automatic weapon)

    transitive
  4. to rattle off (a series of items)

    transitive · uncommon
  5. to show (a smile)

    transitive · uncommon
Where this word comes from

From s- + grano (“grain”) + -are.

verb/zɡraˈna.re/
  1. to cause (a rock, a piece of metal) to crumble

    transitive
  2. to wolf down, to scarf, to eat greedily (usually in a pronominal construction)

    figuratively · informal · transitive
  3. to eat

    figuratively · informal · intransitive
  4. to enlarge, to blow up (an image) so that the grain appears

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From s- + grana + -are.

verb/zɡraˈna.re/
  1. to grind (a gear)

    transitive
  2. to grind the gears

    intransitive
  3. to detach (the anchor chain) from the winch

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From ingranare (“to mesh”), with replacement of the prefix by s-.

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