Used in a Sentence

raisin

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for raisin.

Editorial note

First they came for the Raisin God believers, and I said nothing, because I do not believe in the Raisin God....

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A dried grape.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of raisin gathered in one view.

noun

A dried grape.

noun

A surname.

verb

(transitive) To add raisins to.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for raisin.

noun

A dried grape.

noun

A surname.

verb

(transitive) To add raisins to.

verb

(intransitive) Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.

Example sentences

1

First they came for the Raisin God believers, and I said nothing, because I do not believe in the Raisin God....

2

Not sure how it will work but raisin the facts and figures to prominence will encourage a solution.

3

Why don't raisin consumers have standing to challenge an arrangement that inflates the price of raisins?

4

The general public thinks that eating a serving of bacon is worse for their body than eating a serving of raisin bran.

5

The raisin program, as it had been run, basically had three steps: 1.

6

A committee made up of farmers and others in the raisin business decide on a percentage of that year's crop to set aside.

7

Poor grape will not be able to afford the necessary aftercare and will likely shrivel until it has no raisin to live anymore.

8

I check the fund raisin page quite often and up to this morning it showed a total of $100,000 raised.

9

Other investors on the other side of Ackman include George Soros as well as William Stiritz, the CEO of Post Holdings, maker of Raisin Bran.

10

Your hypothetical example shows that you know nothing of raisin farming.

11

I purposely seek out whole milk, cream on top, and eat a bowl of Erewhon organic raisin bran[1] pretty much nightly.

12

He had Malt-O-Meal (a local Minnesota mill) raisin bran.

Quote examples

1

I was pretty shocked when I bit into a slice of "Healthy Choice Wholemeal" bread in LA and found it sweeter than a slice of raisin bread back home.

2

The Economist is happy to do a drive-by on agricultural price stabilization, but if they were successful there would be years where your frigging Raisin Bran was priced at $200/box, and the Economist wouldn't have anything to say then, except perhaps "not our problem if you idiots listened to us".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use raisin in a sentence?

First they came for the Raisin God believers, and I said nothing, because I do not believe in the Raisin God....

What does raisin mean?

A dried grape.

What part of speech is raisin?

raisin is commonly used as noun, verb.