- grating, gravel, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
Antonyms: euphonious, euphonous (indirect, via cacophonous)
- grate, grating - a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
--1 is a kind of barrier
--1 has particulars: grille, radiator grille - grate, grating - a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
--2 is a kind of framework, frame, framing
--2 is a part ofstove, kitchen stove, range, kitchen range, cooking stove; furnace Derived form: verb grate1 - diffraction grating, grating - 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
--3 is a kind of optical device
--3 has particulars: echelon
- grate - furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"
--1 is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun grate3, noun grate1, noun grating2
Somebody ----s something
- eat into, fret, rankle, grate - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
--2 is one way to annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Sample sentence:
The bad news will grate him
- grate - reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
--3 is one way to rub
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun grater1
Somebody ----s something
- grate, grind - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
--4 is one way to break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- scrape, grate - scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
--5 is one way to rub
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something