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grate

verb as in shred, grind down

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Knowing everything we do about Monroe — and how much is still unknown — the film’s penultimate scene is grating.

A cake made of linseed mash and grass pellets, with a middle layer of grated carrot.

From BBC

"It may be like chalk on the blackboard, it may grate a little bit, but I am telling you something that is really quite honest," he said on Saturday.

From BBC

Light from the galaxy passes through a prism or reflects off a diffraction grating in a telescope, which captures the intensity of light from blue to red.

From Salon

They added that Levy is unrelenting - working "crazy" hours which can be tough and tiring for colleagues - and always wants more, something which can grate with people who do not like that style of leadership.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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