Antonyms for grain

Grammar : Noun

Spell : greyn

Phonetic Transcription : greɪn

lot
whole

Definition of grain

Origin : early 13c., "scarlet dye made from insects" (late 12c. in surnames), from Old French grain (12c.) "seed, grain, particle, berry, scarlet dye" (see kermes for last sense), from Latin granum "seed, a grain, small kernel" (see corn (n.1)).
As a collective singular meaning "seed of wheat and allied grasses used as food," it is attested from early 14c. Extended from c.1300 to other objects (e.g. salt, sand). As a unit of weight, from 1540s. Used of wood (1560s), from the arrangement of fibers, which resemble seeds. Hence, against the grain (1650), a metaphor from carpentry: cutting across the fibers of the wood is more difficult than cutting along them.

noun seed, piece
noun texture of fabric

Example sentences :

As a result the grain in the Egyptian markets had greatly increased in value.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

The object may be as small as a grain of dust or as big as a warship; to the water it is all the same.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

When the grain is sufficiently grown it is elevated to the kilns.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various

He collected what he wanted grain by grain from bushels of chaff.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

She went with him to haul the grain to mill and was fascinated by the big scales.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

Anthony flashed his electric torch over it, and we saw the grain of deal.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

There is not a grain of dirt upon my hands or my face or my body.
Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle

Every grain sowed yielded on an average a hundred and twenty fold.
Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka

But she took the grain, put it in a large pot and cooked it until it was done.
Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various

But there were small ones as well, and perhaps this one had been no larger than a grain of sand.
Extract from : « No Hiding Place » by Richard R. Smith

Synonyms for grain

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