American English pronunciation
How to pronounce grating
IPA transcription: [ɡ'ɹeɪtɪŋ]
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Noun
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a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
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a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
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optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it; disperses a beam of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) into its wavelengths to produce its spectrum
Verb
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scratch repeatedly
“The cat scraped at the armchair”
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make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
“grate one's teeth in anger”
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furnish with a grate
“a grated fireplace”
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gnaw into; make resentful or angry
“The injustice rankled her”
“his resentment festered”
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reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
“grate carrots and onions”
“grate nutmeg”
Adjective
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unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
“a gravelly voice”
Usage examples
- He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so.
- Research on integrating these new plants into polycultures also continues.
- He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so.
- Data quality is a general challenge when automatically integrating data from autonomous sources.
- He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so.
- He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so.
- During the spring and autumn it is visited by many migrating birds.
- FlashGot resolves this situation by integrating them into Firefox.
- He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so.
- He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so.