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Grating
- verb - a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
- 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
- reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
- scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
Graving
- verb - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
- shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
Graying
- verb - make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"
- turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"
Grazing
- verb - break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet"
- eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"
- feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
- let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- scrape gently; "graze the skin"
- the act of brushing against while passing
- the act of grazing
Greying
- verb - make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky"
- turn grey; "Her hair began to grey"
Griming
- verb - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
Griping
- verb - acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
- complain; "What was he hollering about?"
Groping
- verb - acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence; "a groping effort to understand"
- feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
- fondle for sexual pleasure; "He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"
- search blindly or uncertainly; "His mind groped to make the connection"
Growing
- verb -
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
- (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
- become attached by or as if by the process of growth; "The tree trunks had grown together"
- become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain;
- come into existence; take on form or shape;
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard";
- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast";
- grow emotionally or mature;
- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;
Guiding
- verb - be a guiding or motivating force or drive; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses"
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- exerting control or influence; "a guiding principle"
- pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
- showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"
- take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
- use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on"