GRATED Synonyms

• treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

• consisting of fine particles

• prepared by cutting

• prepared by cutting

• (used of meat) cut into pieces for serving

• a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers

• cut into cubes

• play dice

• food chopped into small bits

• make less severe or harsh

• walk daintily

• cut into small pieces

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

• a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

• 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

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• agitation resulting from active worry

• a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion

• an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)

• a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

• worry unnecessarily or excessively

• be agitated or irritated

• provide (a musical instrument) with frets

• become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

• cause annoyance in

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry

• carve a pattern into

• decorate with an interlaced design

• be too tight; rub or press

• cause friction

• remove soil or rock

• wear away or erode

• an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

• the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground

• hard monotonous routine work

• the act of grinding to a powder or dust

• press or grind with a crushing noise

• make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

• work hard

• dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced

• reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

• created by grinding

• shape or form by grinding

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry

• a harsh noise made by scraping

• an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

• a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)

• an indication of damage

• scratch repeatedly

• make by scraping

• cut the surface of; wear away the surface of

• bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

• gather (money or other resources) together over time

• bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of

• gnaw into; make resentful or angry