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Nouns (3)

grate

n. a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

grate, grating

n. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

Verbs (5)

grate

v. furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"

grate, grind

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

scrape, grate

v. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

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Fuzzynyms (92)

firebox

n. a furnace (as on a steam locomotive) in which fuel is burned

fireplace, hearth, open fireplace

n. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires"

parallel bars, bars

n. gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights

football field, gridiron

n. the playing field on which football is played

screen door, screen

n. a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left"

screen

n. partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space

gate

n. passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark

grid, storage-battery grid

n. a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material

anger

v. make angry; "The news angered him"

worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

sharpen

v. make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"

embitter, envenom, acerbate

v. cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

poison, envenom

v. add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to kill her"

sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify

v. make sour or more sour

gall, irk

v. irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

peeve

v. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

gnaw

v. bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"

nibble

v. bite gently; "The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear"

rasp

v. scrape with a rasp

pulp

v. reduce to pulp; "pulp fruit"; "pulp wood"

powder, powderize, pulverize

v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust; "pulverize the grains"

chop

v. strike sharply, as in some sports

crunch, munch

v. chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"

pound, pound up

v. shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded"

crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

break down, crush

v. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

scrape, grate

v. scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"

shred, tear up, rip up

v. tear into shreds

slug, slog, swig

v. strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat; "He slugged me so hard that I passed out"

scratch, scrape, scratch up

v. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

delete, cancel

v. remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list"

graze

v. break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

score, nock, mark

v. make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"

rasp

v. scrape with a rasp

file

v. smooth with a file; "file one's fingernails"

grate, grind

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

shred, tear up, rip up

v. tear into shreds

skin, peel, pare

v. strip the skin off; "pare apples"

scratch, scrape, scratch up

v. cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

clean, make clean

v. make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"

cleanse

v. purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

clean, strip

v. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

shave

v. remove body hair with a razor

plane

v. make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"

shave

v. touch the surface of lightly; "His back shaved the counter in passing"

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