pehmittää — meaning in English

English meaning

• frizz verb Of hair, to twist into small, tight curls, often untidily.
• 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 twist into small, tight curls, often untidily.
2. verb To make something curl tightly.
3. verb To raise small rough bumps or tufts on the surface of cloth.
4. verb To rub leather with a hard tool until it becomes soft and an even thickness.

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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