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Definition: Grating |
GratingAdjective1. Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice". Noun1. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. 2. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "grating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Note: Grating \Grat"ing\, adjective. [See Grateto rub harshy.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Electrical Engineering | Arrangement of fine parallel wires used in waveguides to pass only a certain type of wave. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Framework of parallel wooden slats used for sieving stalks from the grapes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A coarse screen made of parallel or crossed bars to prevent passing of oversized material. b. A series of parallel and crossed bars used as platform or walkway floors or as coverings for pits and trenches over which traffic can pass; generally removable to permit access to conveying equipment for servicing. c. A series of parallel and/or crossed bar units fastened to or propelled by a conveying medium, used for carrying large lump-size bulk material or objects. They usually permit passage of air for cooling or for heat to maintain temperature.d. The act of sorting ores by means of grates. (references) |
Transportation | Open lattice work of wood or metal. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: GratingSynonyms: gravel (adj), gravelly (adj), rasping (adj), raspy (adj), rough (adj), diffraction grating (n), grate (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat, matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes; rivulation. |
Pain | Sharp, acute, sore, severe, grave, hard, harsh, cruel, biting, caustic; cutting, corroding, consuming, racking, excruciating, searching, grinding, grating, agonizing; envenomed; catheretic, pyrotic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Grating |
| English words defined with "grating": creaking, creaky ♦ Diffraction grating, Diffraction spectrum ♦ echelon ♦ grate, Grated, gratingly, gravel, gravelly, Gride, grille, grind ♦ harshly ♦ Normal spectrum ♦ portcullis ♦ radiator grille, rasp, rasping, raspingly, raspy, rough ♦ Saw gin, screaky, stridulation ♦ Tin cry, Tooth edge. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "grating": baffle wall ♦ crystal spectrometer ♦ GRATED-CHEESE MAKER, grating-machine operator ♦ infrared spectrography ♦ Microspectrophotometry. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "grating": stridor. (references) |
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 | "General Muster" on board, circa 1887-88. The ship's Commanding Officer, Commander William Bainbridge Hoff, is in center, leaning on the grating rack. Note Marine sentry at the gangway, hammock stowage, and large percentage of black sailors among the crew at left. Credit: NAVY. |  | View looking forward from the ship's port bridge wing, 1908. Note the 12"/45 gun turret with grating hatches open; also winch and capstans, with decorated tops on the latter. An old fortification is in the left distance. Photographed by Enrique Muller. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Mexican boys peering through grating in sidewalk, San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Roof access" by Gilbert Tremblay Commentary: "Rooflights with grating." | "Grater 1" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "Well there's nothing much to say it's just a cheese grater....the irony of this object is that I'm allergic to dairy products so I use it not for cheese but for grating carrots." |
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| Author | Quotation |
William Wordsworth | Hearing often-times the still, sad music of humanity, nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power to chasten and subdue. |
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Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Thus, with a grating and uncertain sound, They bleat, and bleat, and bleat |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The grating opened |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The face of an old priest was at the grating, averted from him, leaning upon a hand |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I plainly heard a noise upon the cover of my closet, like that of a cable, and the grating of it as it passed through the ring |
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| "Grating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 44.71% of the time. "Grating" is used about 85 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 44.71% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Noun (singular) | 36.47% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 18.82% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Total | 100.00% | 85 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "grating": arrayed waveguide grating ♦ Diffraction grating. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "grating": nerve-grating, triple-grating. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "grating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | grilë (grille, ironwork, lattice, lattice work, net, shade, shutter), skarë (barbecue, broiler, fire-bar, grate, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, rack), i pakëndshëm (awkward, bad, disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, dreary, hard, ill-favored, ill-favoured, nasty, objectionable, repellent, ugly, unattractive, uncongenial, ungrateful, unlovable, unpalatable, unpleasant, unpresentable, unsightly, warm), i bezdisshëm (annoying, bothersome, fussy, haunting, intrusive, irksome, painful, pesky, troublous, trying, vexatious). (various references) | |
Arabic | منصب مقضب, مزعج (aggravating, annoying, bore, bothering, bothersome, disagreeable, disquieting, disturber, disturbing, galling, harsh, horrid, importunate, importune, intruder, irksome, irritating, mean, mischievous, offensive, pain in the neck, pestilential, plaguy, provoking, terrible, tiresome, troubled, troublesome, ugly, uncomfortable, unpleasant, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, wicked, worrisome), حاجز مشبك (wattle), شعرية حديدية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | решетка (grate, grid, gridiron, guard, lathing, lattice, rack), който стърже, който скърца, който дразни, остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, cutting, edgy, excruciating, fine, fulminating, gabled, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, ragged, searching, sharp, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), заграждане с решетка, дрезгав (cracked, gravelly, gruff, harsh, hoarse, husky, ragged, raspy, raucous, rough, rusty, throaty). (various references) | |
Chinese | 澀 (acerbic, tart), 濇 , 刺耳 (shrill, strident). (various references) | |
Czech | vrzavý (creaky, squeaky, strident), vrzání (creak, crunch, groan), skřípavý (grinding, gritty, squeaky), skřípání (creak, grind, jarring, scroop, squeal), pronikavý (biting, high pitched, incisive, keen, penetrable, penetrating, pervasive, piercing, pungent, screechy, shrill, strident, sweeping), mřížka (grid, grille), mříž (bar, bars, grate, grid, grille, rail), hrubý (abusive, blue, boorish, brut, brutish, coarse, coarsened, crass, crude, foul-mouthed, gross, gruff, harsh, howling, knockabout, leathery, low, outrageous, raw, rough, rough and ready, ruddy, rude, rustic, scabrous, sylvan, uncouth, uneven, unmannerly, unprintable, vulgar), drsný (abrasive, broad, coarse, crude, gruff, harsh, heavy, inclement, intemperate, leathery, offhand, ragged, raucous, raw, rigorous, rough, ruddy, scabrous, severe, stark, unkind). (various references) | |
Danish | gitterværk (grid, grillage), gitter (bar screen, bridge, bridgewall, checkers, checkerwork, grid, grid of an X-ray tube, grillage, hearth, lattice, mesh, rack screen, regenerator packing), tremmerist (false head, open flooring, open steel flooring, open type flooring), slyngværk (grid, grillage), ristvaerk (clear view screen, hatch grating), rist (air grille, cattle grid, grate, grid, grill, grille, hearth), karm med rist (cover), karm med dæksel (cover), bundrist (open flooring, open steel flooring, open type flooring). (various references) | |
Dutch | gekras, geknars. (various references) | |
Esperanto | grincado, kraketado. (various references) | |
Farsi | پنجره (Grate, Peeper, Sash, Window), چارچوب اهنی , گوشت ریز, تیزودلخراش , ساینده (Abrasive), شبکه (Grate, Grille, Lattice, Mesh, Net, Network, Plexus, Trellis). (various references) | |
Finnish | ristikko (bars, grille, lattice, trellis). (various references) | |
French | grille (grate, grid, grid circuit, grill, grille). (various references) | |
German | knirschend (creakily, creaky, crunching, gnashing, grinding, gritting), rost (frame, grid, gridiron, grill, grille, rust), Rasterung (resolution, scanning, screening), gitterrost (grid), gitter (bars, fireguard, grate, gratings, grid, grids, grill, grille, lattice, lattices, latticework, mesh, railing, trellis, trellises). (various references) | |
Greek | κιγκλίδωμα (balustrade, grate, grid, lattice, lattice work, railing, trelliswork), σχάρα φρεατίων (open flooring, open steel flooring, open type flooring), σχάρα εδάφους (open flooring, open steel flooring, open type flooring), στέψη (coronation, wedding ceremony), ξέσισ, ξύσιμο (abrasion, scrape, scratch), πλέγμα (grid, gridiron, lattice, mesh, nexus, plexus), φράγμα περιθλάσεως, εσχάρα (grid, gridiron, grill), εσχαρωτή μπουκαπόρτα (clear view screen, hatch grating), ενοχλητικός (disturbing, irritating, pesky, troublesome, trying), τραχύσ (abrasive, abrupt, coarse, gritty, gruff, harsh, inclinable, ragged, raucous, rough, rude, rugged, scabrous, scraggly, screechy, seamy, throaty, tough), δικτυωτό καθόδου (clear view screen, hatch grating), δικτυωτό ανοίγματος στομίου κύτους (clear view screen, hatch grating). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שחיקה (abrasion, burnout, erosion, grinding, pounding, rubbing, wear), חורק (creaky, squeaky), חריקה (creak, grinding, rattling, scratch, squeak), צורמני (harsh, raucous, strident), סריג (grate, grid, grill, lattice, latticework). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rács (bars, grate, grid, grill, grille, lattice, rail, railing, screen), csikorgó (creaking, crunchy, jarring, squeaky, strident). (various references) | |
Italian | grigliato (grid, grillage, open flooring, open steel flooring, open type flooring), griglia superiore (chaff riddle, chaffer, chaffer sieve, cover, top sieve), griglia (grid, grill, grille, rust), graticcio (hurdle, trellis), grata (grate, grid, grill, grille, Guichet, lattice), telaio diraspatore, stridulo (harsh, sharp, shrill, squeaky, strident), stridore (jar, scrape, squeak), stridente (harsh, jarring, rasping, screeching, strident), reticolo (graticule, grid, lattice, network, raster, screen), irritante (abrading, aggravating, annoying, irritant, irritating, nervy, provoking, shocking, vexatious), inferriata (grate, grille, Guichet, lattice), carabottino (clear view screen, hatch grating). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 雑音 (noise jarring), 回折格子 , 下ろし (grated radish, grater). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おろし (grated radish, grater, wholesale, wind blowing down from mountains), かいせつこうし. (various references) | |
Korean | 삐걱거리는. (various references) | |
Manx | jeesternee (grind, jarring, rasp, rasping), jeesternagh, cleeah (criss-cross, darn, fret, grate, grid, lattice, school of fish, staff, stave, stretcher, wicker). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atinggray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | grade (drag, dunnage, grate, grid, gridiron, grill, grille, harrow, lattice, rail, railing, screen). (various references) | |
Romanian | graţii, zãbrele (grate, lattice, rail, trellis-work), supãrãtor (annoying, bad, bothersome, disappointing, dreadful, hurtful, importunate, inconvenient, inopportune, intrusively, invidious, irksome, irritating, irritatingly, jumpy, mischief-makering, niggling, obtrusively, painful, provoking, provokingly, tedious, troublesome, unfortunate, unlucky, unwelcome, vexatious, vexing), strident (clangorous, harsh, high, loud, shrill, strident, stridently), discordant (ajar, clashing, conflicting, discordant, dissonant, inharmonic, jarring, untuneful), barierã (bar, barrier, border, dike, fence, fencing, gate, hindrance, lifting gate, obstruction, Pike, screen, stile, turnpike), aspru (abrupt, abruptly, acid, acrimonious, biting, brisk, callous, clumsy, coarse, crisp, dour, drastic, earthy, edgy, exacting, firm, gruelling, gruff, hard, harsh, hoarse, homespun, husky, ill, inclement, iron, iron-fisted, keen, lashing, nippy, obdurate, punitive, rasping, rigid, rigidly, rigorous, robust, rough, rugged, scabrous, severe, severely, shaggy, shy, smart, snappish, stern, stiff, Strait, strict, strong, stubborn, tough, unkind, violent, wiry). (various references) | |
Russian | скрипучий (creaky, crunchy, rasping, scrannel, scratchy, screechy, squeaky, strident), решетка (bar, grate, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, grille, lattice, latticework, rack, trellis), раздражающий (exasperating, irritating, irritative, nerve racking, nerve-racking, provoking, sore, vexing), тереть решетка скрипучий. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rešetka (colander, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, grille, hatch, lattice, portcullis, trap), koji škripi. (various references) | |
Spanish | rejilla (canework, grid, grill, luggage rack, rack), enrejado (grille, lattice, trellis), emparrillado (grate, sill, threshold). (various references) | |
Swedish | galler (bars, gaul, grate, grid, grill, lattice, trellis), gitter (grid, lattice), gallerverk (lattice, latticework, trellis). (various references) | |
Turkish | gıcırdayan (creaking, gnashing, scratchy, strident), parmaklık (balustrade, banisters, bar, boarding, fence, fencing, grid, grill, grille, guardrail, hurdle, paling, palisade, rack, rail, railing, trellis), nahoş (disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, graceless, repellent, repelling, unlikable, unlikeable, unpleasant), kulağı tırmalayan (ragged, rude), kafes (bird cage, cage, coop, grill, grille, hutch, jail, lath, lattice, mew, pen, trellis), cırlak (crude, piping, ragged, screeching, shrewish, shrill, squaller, strident), ızgara (broiler, grate, grid, gridiron, grill, grille, grilled, grilled meat, griller, riffle). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gцzenek (lattice). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | скрипучий (creaking, creaky, rasping, scratchy, squeaky, strident), колосникова решітка, каркас (carcass, frame, shell), грати (bar, bars, blow, lattice, perform, play), дратівний (aggravating, annoying, irritant, jarring, maddening, provocative, provocatory, provoking, trying). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | xé tai, tiếng rít kèn kẹt cảm giác khó chịu, tiếng chói tai (clangour), the thé làm khó chịu, rít lên kêu kèn kẹt, làm gai người, chói tai (clangorous, jarring, roughly), cảm giác gai người. (various references) | |
Welsh | craslyd (harsh). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aspera, asperam, asperas, asperum, craticula, craticulam, craticulamque. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "grating": gratingly, gratings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "grating": deflagrating, denigrating, disintegrating, emigrating, immigrating, integrating, migrating, photodisintegrating, redintegrating, regrating, reintegrating, transmigrating. (additional references) | |
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"Grating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gartain, Gatrigg, Gersting, girating, glating, goatling, graig, graing, Gramigni, Grastyan, grati, gratian, gratien, gratine, greating, Greatrigg, greatting, Groting, grotting, gurting, trating. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "grating" (pronounced grā"ting) |
| 5 | -r ā" t i ng | berating, crating, rating. |
| 4 | -ā" t i ng | annotating, abating, awaiting, baiting, creating, dating, debating, deflating, elating, equating, hating, inflating, innovating, mating, misstating, negating, plating, reinstating, relating, restating, sedating, skating, stating, translating, updating, waiting, weighting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, babysitting, backbiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, daunting, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, wanting, wasting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-g-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: gating, gratin, raging, rating, taring. | |
-2 letters: aging, garni, giant, grain, grant, riant, tragi, train. | |
-3 letters: agin, airn, airt, anti, gain, gait, gang, giga, girn, girt, gnar, gnat, gran, grat, grig, grin, grit, ragi, rain, rang, rani, rant, ring, tain, tang, tarn, ting, trig. | |
-4 letters: ain, air, ait, ani, ant, art, gag, gan, gar, gat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-g-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: garoting, grafting, granting, gratings, gyrating, triaging. | |
+2 letters: garotting, garroting, gartering, gathering, gradating, gratingly, intergang, migrating, outraging, pargeting, portaging, ragouting, regrating, restaging, retagging, targeting. | |
+3 letters: abrogating, absterging, arrogating, astringing, derogating, draughting, emigrating, engrafting, estranging, fraughting, garmenting, garrotting, gatherings, generating, graduating, gratifying, greatening, ingrafting, irrigating, ligaturing, margenting, mortgaging, outarguing, outglaring, outranging, pargetting, regelating, regrafting, regranting, regulating, relegating, staggering, stargazing, straggling, strangling, stravaging, triggerman. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions 12. Expressions: Internet | 13. Translations: Modern 14. Translations: Ancient 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Bibliography |
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