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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
Heading
- verb -
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
- a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text"
- be in the front of or on top of; "The list was headed by the name of the president"
- be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel; "This student heads the class"
- compass direction
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- form a head or come or grow to a head; "The wheat headed early this year"
- remove the head of; "head the fish"
- take its rise; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas"
- the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies
- to go or travel towards;
- travel in front of; go in advance of others;
Healing
- verb - get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly"
- heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending"
- provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne";
- tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"
- the natural process by which the body repairs itself
Heaping
- verb - arrange in stacks; "heap firewood around the fireplace"; "stack your books up on the shelves"
- bestow in large quantities; "He heaped him with work"; "She heaped scorn upon him"
- fill to overflow; "heap the platter with potatoes"
Hearing
- verb - (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
- a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"
- able to perceive sound
- an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"
- examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"
- get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
- listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
- perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
- receive a communication from someone; "
Heating
- verb - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
- gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly"
- make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
- provide with heat; "heat the house"
- the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
- utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"
Heaving
- verb - an upward movement (especially a rhythmical rising and falling); "the heaving of waves on a rough sea"
- bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"
- breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
- breathing heavily (as after exertion)
- lift or elevate
- make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
- move or cause to move in a specified way, direction, or position; "The vessel hove into sight"
- rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
- the act of lifting something with great effort
- throw with great effort
- throwing something heavy (with great effort); "he gave it a mighty heave"; "he was not good at heaving passes"
- utter a sound, as with obvious effort; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do"