It's not just that the interruptions themselves are grating to watch: what's worse is the hostilities they create.—Heather Schwedel
often: having a harsh or unpleasant sound
a grating voice/accent
If you just imagined that last quote spoken in Gottfried's grating, obnoxious yelling, that's now how you would hear him on the phone. —Blake Hannon
The truck braked noisily with a grating shriek of steel. —Mildred D. Taylor
gratinglyadverb
a gratingly harsh sound
Something in Orcutt's proprietary manner had irritated her at that first meeting, something she found gratingly egotistical in his expansive courtesy … —Philip Roth
Asparagus is grilled to stripy blackness, bathed in olive oil, given a grating of parmesan, then topped with breadcrumbs — and a sunnyside-up fried egg.—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2023 During the film, her character stands on a subway grating and coos as a gust of air twice whooshes up her pleated white dress, exposing her thighs.—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2022 Some recipes may require more time than opening a can of soup (lots of chopping, grating, and slicing) but the reward of warm fresh vegetables accented by vibrant flavors is worth it.—Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2022 Maceration of the rhizome, such as by grating, breaks the cell walls and releases these thioglucosides, as well as an enzyme known as myrosinase [1].—Alice Chi Phung, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2014 This chopper is a gift option that offers some of the greatest functionality on the market with five interchangeable blades to also cover their slicing and grating needs.—Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 2 Nov. 2022 Use all of that performance, however, and the NX350h lets more of the four-cylinder engine's grating grumble enter the cabin.—Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 12 Oct. 2022 Like a KitchenAid, pasta making, meat grinding, and cheese grating attachments can be purchased too.—Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2022 Top with everything from fresh pear or apple and a hit of creamy feta to a fresh grating of amaretti cookies — a classic Italian pairing with brown butter and butternut squash.—Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2022 See More
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: a transparent surface that is ruled with a series of very closely spaced parallel lines or bars and is used to produce spectra by the diffraction of light
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