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grating en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

From grat(e) + -ing.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.
   • grating vocals
2. Annoying; tending to annoy.

Deriveds

gratingness · nanograting · micrograting · ungrating · gratingly · grism · supergrating

Translations (6)

la acidus (harsh and unpleasant) · bg дразнещ (harsh and unpleasant) · mi kukū (harsh and unpleasant) · bg стържещ (harsh and unpleasant) · pt chiado (harsh and unpleasant) · mi māngūngungu (harsh and unpleasant)

grating en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

From grat(e) + -ing.

Meanings

1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
3. The loose material that comes from something being grated.
   • Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
4. An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
5. (in-plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
6. The sound made by something that grates against something else.
   • If, with these symptoms, are heard gratings of the teeth, irregular appetite, and sudden ebullitions of temper we may reasonably conclude that parasites are irritating the intestines and should be gotten rid of. 1901, Melville Cox Keith, Keith's Domestic Practice and Botanic Handbook:

Forms

Coordinates

rasp

Deriveds

diffraction grating · echelle grating

Relateds

grate

Synonyms

gridiron

Translations (38)

uk ґра́ти (barrier) · be рашо́тка (barrier) · gd cliath (frame to hold a fire) · az barmaqlıq (barrier) · it grata (barrier) · es enjaretado (a strong wooden lattice used in the flooring of boats) · bg скара (frame to hold a fire) · fi arina (frame to hold a fire) · gd cliath (barrier) · sk mriežka (barrier) · cs mříž (barrier) · bg реше́тка (barrier) · fi ritilä (frame to hold a fire) · uk кра́та (barrier) · gd cliath-theine (frame to hold a fire) · ota اسقره (barrier) · fr grille (barrier) · la transenna (barrier) · nl rooster (barrier) · pl krata (barrier) · es rejilla (barrier) · uk реші́тка (barrier) · sv gitter (barrier) · be кра́ты (barrier) · gl reixa (barrier) · hu rács (barrier) · es rejilla (frame to hold a fire) · mi mātiti (frame to hold a fire) · ca (en)graellat (barrier) · fi ritilä (barrier) · mi tītara (barrier) · ru решётка (barrier) · sk mreža (barrier) · mi kaiwae (a strong wooden lattice used in the flooring of boats) · fi ristikko (barrier) · es reja (barrier) · cs mřížka (barrier) · de Gitter (barrier)

grating en · VERB

Pronunciation

• [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

From grat(e) + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of grate
   form of grate