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Sentence count:243Posted:2017-06-17Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: diffraction gratinggrategravelgravellyraspingraspyroughscratchySimilar words: ingratiatingintegratingratinggratifyingingratiateoperatingaggravatingingratitudeMeaning: ['greɪtɪŋ]  n. 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. 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. adj. unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound. 
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(1) Leaves clogged the grating over the drain.
(2) The grating protected a window in the men's room.
(3) She recognized the grating voice of Dr. Sarnoff.
(4) The sound of his grating voice complaining all day was driving me crazy.
(5) A drunk and disorderly can clattered on a grating.
(6) The grating broadcasts sometimes switched to tapes of radio call-in shows and other background sounds of an electronic civilization.
(7) The faint grating caused by that supreme effort was what Biff had detected in his beast-brain.
(8) The statue slowly slithered off his body; a grating noise as it hit the floor.
(9) Butter the bread and sprinkle on a grating of nutmeg or pinches of allspice.
(10) For one thing, it was another grating example of Western media zooming in on what to them was sensational exotica.
(11) Calls a short high-pitched whistle and a harsh grating note.
(12) The liquor store had a metal grating separating the customers from the wares.
(13) The luminance profile of a typical grating pattern is shown in Figure 4.3.
(14) A grating is a set of tight and dark stripes, usually of equal width.
(15) This involved grating soap, microwaving it and finally putting it through a food processor.
(16) Great idea: before grating orange or lemon peel, run the grater under the cold tap to prevent sticking.
(17) He gave only one kind of sound, a grating, even-toned grunt that lasted about one second.
(18) The entrance to the drain is covered by a heavy iron grating.
(19) That is to say, there is a way of positioning the grating relative to the receptive field centre that results in no response.
(20) We could hear a group of tourists[Sentencedict], talking in loud grating voices.
(21) It is a good idea to take off the grating occasionally and clean out any debris.
(22) The lower curve shows the light intensity at the centre of the receptive field as a sinusoidal grating drifts across it.
(23) A speeding motor boat sliced the waters with the grating noise of a buzz saw.
(24) Down in the Mootwalk a woman laughed and from the water a swan gave its harsh, grating cry.
(25) She has a one-note shtick which is sometimes cute, never clever, and after a while, grating. 2.
(26) Wes's greatest triumph was undoubtedly the time he removed the grating from the coal cellar outside Skeldale House.
(27) The weight of the shot drew it down through the grating and out of his sight like a skittering lizard.
(28) The machine began to spin faster and faster, with the grating screech of metal on metal.
(29) Gullies often become blocked by dead leaves and small stones which fall through the grating.
(30) The gangplank that linked the slipway to the boat shifted to and fro with a grating sound.
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