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ATG

ATG is the initialism of anti-thymocyte globulin.

ATG is the initialism of ass to grass.

ATG is the initialism of against the grain.

Meaning of against the grain

Prepositional phrase

  1. Preventing a smooth, level surface from being formed by raising the nap of the wood or causing larger splinters to form ahead of the cutting tool below the cutting surface.
  2. (idiomatic) Contrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.
    • By going against the grain and going to work nude, you've made yourself a laughing stock.
  3. (idiomatic) Unwillingly, reluctantly; contrary to one's nature.
    • It went much against the grain with him.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see against, the, grain.
    • In all ordinary processes of grinding, the friction of the rapidly revolving millstones against the grain, or even of the stones against each other, develops a large amount of heat, so that the crushed wheat comes from the stones quite hot1879, R. C. Kedzie, “The Adulteration and Deterioration of Food”, in Annual Report of the National Board of Health, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138

Forms of ATG

Noun
pluralATGs
Adjective
comparativemore ATG
superlativemost ATG

Questions about ATG

What is ATG the initialism of?
ATG is the initialism of anti-thymocyte globulin.

Words near ATG in the dictionary

  1. atezolizumab
  2. ATF
  3. Atfalati
  4. ATFL
  5. ATFs
  6. ATG
  7. atgar
  8. atgars
  9. ATGATT
  10. atgeir
  11. atgeirs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ATG (page history and authors); against the grain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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