GRATING

grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy

(adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; “a gravelly voice”

grate, grating

(noun) a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

grate, grating

(noun) a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

grating

(typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.

Abrasive; tending to annoy.

Noun

grating (plural gratings)

A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.

The loose material that comes from something being grated.

An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.

(nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.

The sound made by something that grates against something else.

Synonyms

• grill

Verb

grating

present participle of grate

Source: Wiktionary

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Grat"ing, n. Etym: [See 2d Grate.]

1. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.

2. (Optics) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating.

3. pl. (Naut.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats.

Grat"ing, a. Etym: [See Grate to rub harshy.]

Definition: That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.

– Grat"ing*ly, adv.

Grat"ing, n.

Definition: A harsh sound caused by attrition.

GRATE

Grate, a. Etym: [L. gratus agreeable, grateful: cf. It. & Sp. grato. See Grace, and cf. Agree.]

Definition: Serving to gratify; agreeable. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Grate, n. Etym: [LL.. grata, fr. L. crates hurdle; or It. grata, of the same origin. Sae Crate, Hurdle.]

1. A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters. "A secret grate of iron bars." Shak.

2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. Grate surface (Steam, Boiler) the area of the surface of the grate upon which the fuel lies in the furnace.

Grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grated; p. pr. &. vb. n. Grating.]

Definition: To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.

Grate, v. t. Etym: [OF grater to scrape, scratch, F. gratter, LL. gratare, cratare; of German origin; cf. OHG. chrazzon G. kratzen, D. krassen, Sw. Kratta, and perh. E. scratch.]

1. To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing. On their hinges grate Harsh thunder. Milton.

2. To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.

3. To fret; to irritate; to offend. News, my good lord Rome . . . grates me. Shak.

Grate, v. i.

1. To make a harsh sound by friction. I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, Or a dry wheel grate on the exletree. Shak.

2. To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity. This grated harder upon the hearts of men. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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