Grating Synonyms & Definitions

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• GratingDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.
2. (n.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats.
3. (n.) 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.
4. (p. pr. &. vb. n.) of Grate
5. (n.) A harsh sound caused by attrition.
6. (n.) A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.
7. (n.) A system of close equidistant parallel lines or bars, esp. lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction. Gratings have been made with over 40,000 such lines to the inch, but those with a somewhat smaller number give the best definition.

• GrateDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. i.) 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.
2. (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
3. (v. t.) 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.
4. (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.
5. (n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
6. (n.) 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.
7. (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
8. (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
9. (a.) Serving to gratify; agreeable.