pehmittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• frizz verb Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
• grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
• soften verb To make something soft or softer, or to become soft.

Senses

pehmittää is used for these senses in English:

• frizz To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
• grain (tanning) To soften leather.
• soften (transitive) To make something soft or softer.

frizz — full definition

1. verb Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
2. verb To curl; to make frizzy.
3. verb To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
4. verb To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.

grain — full definition

1. noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
2. noun A single small hard particle, such as a grain of sand or salt.
3. noun The natural pattern of lines or texture in wood, stone, or other materials.
4. noun A very small unit of weight, historically based on the weight of a grain of wheat.

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