transitive verb.
To form into grains or small masses.
transitive verb.
To raise in granules or small asperities; to make rough on the surface.
intransitive verb.
To collect or be formed into grains.
adjective.
Consisting of, or resembling, grains; crystallized in grains; granular.
adjective.
Having numerous small elevations, as shagreen.
adjective.
a variety of steel made by a particular process beginning with the granulation of pig iron.