释义 |
Noun: grating greyting- A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- grate - A frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- grate - 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
- diffraction grating Adjective: grating greyting- Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
- gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy Verb: grate greyt- Furnish with a grate
"a grated fireplace" - Gnaw into; make resentful or angry
- eat into, fret, rankle - Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
"grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg" - Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
"grate one's teeth in anger" - grind - Scratch repeatedly
- scrape
Derived forms: gratings See also: cacophonic, cacophonous, grater Type of: annoy, barrier, bother, break up, chafe, devil, fragment, fragmentise [Brit], fragmentize, framework, furnish, get at, get to, gravel [US], irritate, nark [Brit], nettle, optical device, provide, rag, render, rile, rub, supply, vex Part of: cooking stove, furnace, kitchen range, kitchen stove, range, stove Encyclopedia: Grate Grating |