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Antonyms for awn

Grammar : Noun
Spell : awn
Phonetic Transcription : ɔn

Definition of awn

Origin :
  • "bristly fibers on grain of plants," c.1300, from Old Norse ögn, from Proto-Germanic *agano (cf. Old English egenu, Old High German agana, German Ahne, Gothic ahana), from PIE *ak-ona- (cf. Sanskrit asani- "arrowhead," Greek akhne "husk of wheat," Latin acus "chaff," Lithuanian akuotas "beard, awn"); suffixed form of PIE root *ak- "sharp" (see acrid).
  • As in point : noun sharp end, top, end of extension
  • As in mucro : noun point
  • As in mucronation : noun point
Example sentences :
  • The fourth glume is the flattened base of the awn, epaleate.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
  • In the locality this was called “picklin in his awn poke neuk.”
  • Extract from : « Lives of the Engineers » by Samuel Smiles
  • The little I have is free, and I can call it my awn—hame's hame, let it be never so hamely.
  • Extract from : « The History of John Bull » by John Arbuthnot
  • Bear, my dearest friend, bear is all they have, and wonderment it is to me that they ever see an awn of it.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate » by Sir Walter Scott
  • The awn or beard is merely an elongation of the palea inferior.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 » by Various
  • Awn brown, twisted and bent, arising from the middle, about 30 mm.
  • Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward
  • It requires scrutiny in regard to Agrostis, which also has no awn or basal hairs.
  • Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward
  • Spikelet with a reddish tinge; awn almost smooth, less than 20 mm.
  • Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward
  • The awn is inserted between the two teeth of the palea or just below.
  • Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward
  • In the locality this was called "picklin in his awn poke neuk."
  • Extract from : « The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson » by Samuel Smiles

Synonyms for awn

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