BE / GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

Meaning of BE / GO AGAINST THE GRAIN in English

to be or do sth different from what is normal or natural :

It really goes against the grain to have to work on a Sunday.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRAIN — I. ˈgrān noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English grain, grein, partly from Middle French grain cereal plant, kernel, grain, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GO — I. (|)gō, when followed without pause by a stressed syllable sometimes _gə or +V _gəw verb ( went (|)went ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAINST — I. əˈgen(t)st, -nzt also -ān- or ( less often in stand than in substand speech ) -in- preposition Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAINST — (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in …
Английский словарь Webster
AGAINST — ( prep. ) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAIN — — grainer , n. — grainless , adj. /grayn/ , n. 1. a small, hard seed, esp. the seed of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — /euh genst", euh gaynst"/ , prep. 1. in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAIN — I. ˈgrān noun Etymology: Middle English, partly from Anglo-French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Anglo-French graine seed, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GO — I. ˈgō verb ( went ˈwent ; gone ˈgȯn also ˈgän ; go·ing ˈgō-iŋ, ˈgȯ(-)iŋ; “gȯing to” in sense 13 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGAINST — I. ə-ˈgen(t)st, -ˈgin(t)st, -ˈgān(t)st preposition Etymology: Middle English, alteration of againes, from again Date: 13th century 1. a. : in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAIN — noun to yield fruit. 2. grain ·noun a tine, prong, or fork. 3. grain ·noun a blade of a sword, …
Webster English vocab
GO — noun a glass of spirits. 2. go ·noun act; working; operation. 3. go ·p.p. gone. 4. go ·noun noisy merriment; …
Webster English vocab
AGAINST — prep by of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. 2. …
Webster English vocab
GRAIN — [grain] n [ME, partly fr. MF grain cereal grain, fr. L granum; partly fr. MF graine seed, kermes, fr. L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GO — [go] vb went ; gone ; go.ing ; goes [ME gon, fr. OE gan; akin to OHG gan to go, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAIN — unit of weight equal to 0.065 gram, or 1/7,000 pound avoirdupois. One of the earliest units of common measure and …
Britannica English vocabulary
GRAIN — / greɪn; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] the small hard seeds of food plants such as …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GO — / gəʊ; NAmE goʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( goes / gəʊz; NAmE goʊz/ went / went; NAmE / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — / əˈgenst; NAmE ; əˈgeɪnst/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of against in phrasal verbs, look at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAIN — grain /ɡreɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin granum 'seed' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGAINST — a ‧ gainst S1 W1 /əˈɡenst, əˈɡeɪnst $ əˈɡenst/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: againes 'against' (11-16 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRAIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a fruit or seed of a cereal. 2 a (collect.) wheat or any allied grass …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GRAIN — n. & v. n. 1 a fruit or seed of a cereal. 2 a (collect.) wheat or any allied grass …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GRAIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a fruit or seed of a cereal. 2 a (collect.) wheat or any allied grass …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
AGAINST — prep. 1. in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAIN — ( grains) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A grain of wheat, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRAIN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES go against the grain (= are not what I would normally choose to do ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGAINST — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES against all odds (= despite something seeming very unlikely ) ▪ Against all odds, he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGAINST — (TOUCHING) [preposition] - next to and touching or being supported by (something)It would save space if we put the bed …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGAINST — adv. butt against inveigh against over against rise against
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — adv. Function: preposition 1 directly opposite FF1C; stood against the crowd and shouted for order FF1E; Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — preposition 1. directly opposite stood against the crowd and shouted for order Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, over against, toward, vis-à-vis …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGAINST — • ↑ as against • ↑ be against • ↑ be against/be opposed to • ↑ come up against • …
Longman Activator English vocab
GO — n. 25B6; verb he's gone into town : MOVE, proceed, make one's way, advance, progress, pass; walk, travel, journey; poetic/literary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGAINST — adv. 25B6; preposition a number of delegates were against the motion : OPPOSED TO, in opposition to, hostile to, averse …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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BE — гл. 1) иметь место как факт, существовать, случаться а) существовать как факт в объективной реальности быть; быть живым, жить Tyrants …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGAINST — предл. 1) значение нахождения на определенном месте, в определенной позиции а) прямо напротив, лицом к, перед чем-л. тж. over against …
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BE — be.ogg bi: (полная форма); bı (редуцированная форма) v ( ед. ч. was, мн. ч. were; been; наст. вр. 1-е л. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AGAINST — against.ogg əʹge(ı)nst prep указывает на 1. противодействие чему-л. или несогласие с чем-л. 1> против to fight against smb., smth. - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRAIN — 1) зерно; кристалл; гранула; песчинка; крупинка 2) гранулировать; зернить 3) кристаллизоваться 4) текстура 5) (фото)эмульсионное зерно 6) зернистость 7) волокно …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
GRAIN — 1) зерно; кристалл; гранула; песчинка; крупинка 2) гранулировать; зернить 3) кристаллизоваться 4) текстура 5) (фото)эмульсионное зерно 6) зернистость 7) волокно (древесины) 8) бумажное волокно, бумажная фибра 9) мн. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
GRAIN — 1) гранула; крупинка; частица 2) гранулярность; зернистость || зернистый 3) зерно || кормить зерном 4) зерновой; злаковый 5) пылинка 6) шероховатость • at the grain boundaries — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
GRAIN — grain сущ.1) а) зерно; хлебные злаки to grow grain — выращивать зерно to store grain — хранить зерно Farmers raise …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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AGAINST — against предл.1) значение нахождения на определенном месте, в определенной позиции а) прямо напротив, лицом к, перед чем-л. тж. over against …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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