Grating

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grate \Grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Grating}.]
     To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or
     crossbars; as, to grate a window.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grating \Grat"ing\, a. [See {Grate} to rub harshy.]
     That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh. -- {Grat"ing*ly},
     adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grating \Grat"ing\, n.
     A harsh sound caused by attrition.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grating \Grat"ing\, n. [See 2d Grate.]
     1. A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars;
        a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating
        of a prison or convent.
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     2. (Optics) A system of close equidistant parallel lines or
        bars, esp. lines ruled on a polished surface, used for
        producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also
        {diffraction grating}.
  
     Note: Gratings have been made with over 40,000 such lines to
           the inch, but those with a somewhat smaller number give
           the best definition. They are used, e. g., to produce
           monochromatic light for use in optical instruments such
           as spectrophotometers.
           [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. pl. (Naut.) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a
        hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice
        used for the flooring of boats.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grating
       adj : unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
             [syn: {gravel}, {gravelly}, {rasping}, {raspy}, {rough}]
       n 1: a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a
            passage but admitting air [syn: {grate}]
       2: a frame of iron bars to hold a fire [syn: {grate}]
       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 [syn: {diffraction grating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  208 Moby Thesaurus words for "grating":
     abrasion, absonant, ajar, andiron, annoying, antagonistic,
     antipathetic, arabesque, at cross-purposes, at loggerheads,
     at odds, at variance, at war, atomization, atonal, attrition,
     basketry, basketwork, beating, bolter, brecciation, cacophonous,
     cancellation, chafing, chain, clashing, coal tongs, colander,
     comminution, conflicting, confused, contradictory, contrary,
     cracked, crane, cranky, creaking, croaking, crook, cross,
     cross-hatching, crossing-out, crumbling, crushing, damper,
     detrition, diaphonic, differing, disaccordant, disagreeable,
     disagreeing, disconsonant, discordant, discrepant, disharmonic,
     disharmonious, disintegration, disproportionate, dissident,
     dissonant, divergent, dry, filigree, fire hook, fire tongs,
     firedog, flat, fragmentation, fret, fretting, fretwork, galling,
     granulation, granulization, grate, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill,
     grille, griller, grillwork, grinding, gritty, hachure, harsh,
     hatching, hoarse, hostile, immelodious, immiscible, inaccordant,
     incompatible, inharmonic, inharmonious, interlacement,
     intertexture, intertwinement, irksome, irritant, irritating,
     irritative, jangling, jangly, jarring, jostling, lace, lacery,
     lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, levigation, lifter,
     mashing, mesh, meshes, meshwork, musicless, negative,
     nerve-jangling, nerve-racking, nerve-rending, nerve-shaking,
     nerve-trying, net, netting, network, nonmelodious, off, off-key,
     off-tone, offensive, out of accord, out of pitch, out of tone,
     out of tune, out of whack, piercing, plexure, plexus, poker,
     pothook, pounding, powdering, raddle, rasping, raspy, raucous,
     repugnant, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle,
     rough, salamander, scraping, scrapy, scratching, scratchy,
     screeching, screen, screening, sharp, shredding, shrill, sieve,
     sifter, smashing, sorter, sour, spit, squawking, squeaky, stinging,
     strident, stridulous, texture, tissue, tongs, tracery, trellis,
     trelliswork, tripod, trituration, trivet, tuneless, turnspit,
     uncongenial, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, untunable,
     untuned, untuneful, variant, vexatious, warring, wattle, weave,
     weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork