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    [Noun]  | "grat*ing" | \ ˈgrā-tiŋ \


    1: a wooden or metal lattice used to close or floor an opening

    2: a partition, covering, or frame of parallel bars or crossbars

    3: a system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars ruled on a polished surface to produce spectra by diffraction


    Origin: 1622 ;

    [Noun]  | "diffraction grating" 


    1: grating


    Origin: 1857 ;

    [Adjective]  | "grating" 


    1: causing irritation or annoyance; often : having a harsh or unpleasant sound


    Origin: 1563 ;

    [Verb]  | "grate" 


    1: to furnish with a grate


    Origin: 1547 ;

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    [Verb]  | "grate" 


    1: to reduce to small particles by rubbing on something rough

    2: fret, irritate

    3: to gnash or grind noisily


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French grater to scratch, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German krazzōn to scratch;

    [Adjective]  | "grating" 


    1: disagreeable to one's aesthetic or artistic sense;


      * e.g., " ... the mix of colors in that painting is terribly grating "





    2: harsh and dry in sound;


      * e.g., " ... with a grating voice, she croaked a feeble hello "



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    [Verb]  | "grating" 


    1: to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts;


      * e.g., " ... unintentionally or not, you say rude things that grate people "



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    2: to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface;


      * e.g., " ... the sled grated along the bare pavement "



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    3: to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound;


      * e.g., " ... he grated the pieces of metal together "



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    [Verb]  | "grate" 


    1: to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts;


      * e.g., " ... unintentionally or not, you say rude things that grate people "



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    2: to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface;


      * e.g., " ... the sled grated along the bare pavement "



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    3: to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound;


      * e.g., " ... he grated the pieces of metal together "



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     [ "Grating" ]

    1: Something that's nagging and then builds up inside and eventually turns into an annoyance.

      * e.g.,  ... "I know something you don't know!" ... (Conversation carries on and the 'something' still hasn't been told) "Please just tell me! It's grating on me now!" 

     [ "grateness" ]

    1: The one true spelling of "greatness", despite what anti-Urbanists like tarquin ↓↑ô░█┼º◄T►º┼█░ô↑↓ Farkas may tell you.

      * e.g.,  ... "I just converted to Urbanism and I achieved grateness!" 

     [ "Grated" ]

    1: To be very mad (or annoyed)

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: My mom yelled at me yesterday.. 

     [ "the grates" ]

    1: A super-cool rock band from Australia. They have fun, happy lyrics and an edgy garage rock sound. Their first EP, 'The Ouch, The Touch' was popular with the alternative station Triple J but they gained mainstream sucess with their album 'Gravity Won't Get You High'.

      * e.g.,  ... The Grates are an awesome band. 

     [ "grated" ]

    1: The after effect of smoking weed. It is almost like a weed hangover, the feeling of lazyness, dry mouth and just general lethargy.

      * e.g.,  ... Raaah, those zoots were so strong man, I'm grated 

     [ "grate" ]

    1: Originally some noroM's mis-spelling of the word "great." Now used to refer to those noroMs.

      * e.g.,  ... That's some grate pork rib shit, man! 

     [ "Be grateful" ]

    1: This phrase is said by yes men when they see someone criticizing something they love. It’s really annoying and shows their argument skills -.-

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: Hey I think Among Us ain’t that good of a game. It’s really repetitive and boring. 

     [ "Grate" ]

    1:  Sincere approval.

      * e.g.,  ... "This cheese is grate." 


     [ "Grate" ]

    2:  When something is incomparable in its excellence.

     [ "grate" ]

    1: Money;bread;dough;cheese;moolah

      * e.g.,  ... Man I've been working so hard, 'been pulling in mad grate 

     [ "Grateful" ]

    1: A word that should not be spelled like that

      * e.g.,  ... Man, I can believe grateful isn’t spelled like greatful it’s a disgrace 

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