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

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in the grain

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

I worked on this book for a long time, I fully immersed myself in the grain and I know there's still so much unsaid.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2023

Kostin said VTB saw few prospects for itself in the grain business, adding that a sanctioned bank in the shareholding hindered the holding.

From Reuters ● Jun. 9, 2023

The first time he woke, he heard Templeton gnawing a hole in the grain bin.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

in the grain

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