in the grain

ADJECTIVE

inherent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

built-in constitutional deep-rooted deep-seated essential fundamental genetic implicit ingrained innate instinctive internal intrinsic latent natural

WEAK

characteristic congenital connate distinctive elementary fixed immanent inborn inbred inbuilt indigenous indispensable individual indwelling inherited inner integral integrated intimate inward native original part-and-parcel resident running in the family subjective unalienable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

acquired auxiliary extra extrinsic learned minor secondary superficial unimportant

WEAK

added external incidental

Example Sentences

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The ripples in the grain, he said, help notes linger longer.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

The country now supplies more than 40% of the global export market in the grain, with the United States, Canada, and Europe the largest consumers.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

That's where the enzymes in the grain wake up and get to work breaking down the starches into smaller sugars.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2023

For example, an interruption in the grain supply in 190 CE resulted in famine and riots in the city of Rome.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

In that field, in the grain which had not yet begun to form, lay our future and our hope.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

in the grain

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