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Grate

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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Broader term 21

Annoy 76% connected

To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.

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Barrier 76% connected

A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.

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Bother 76% connected

To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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Chafe 76% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Devil 76% connected

The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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Fragment 76% connected

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

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Frame 76% connected

To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts o…

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Framework 76% connected

The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Gravel 76% connected

Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

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Irritate 76% connected

To render null and void.

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Nettle 76% connected

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

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Noise 76% connected

Sound of any kind.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Rag 76% connected

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Rile 76% connected

To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

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Rub 76% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Vex 76% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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Manner of action 6

Chew 76% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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Gnash 76% connected

To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.

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Jaw 76% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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Manducate 76% connected

To masticate; to chew; to eat.

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Masticate 76% connected

To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

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Paw 76% connected

The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.

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Narrower term 1

Grille 76% connected

A lattice or grating.

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Derivationally related 10

Grater 74% connected

One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance…

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Grater 74% connected

One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance…

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Grating 74% connected

of Grate

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Grating 74% connected

of Grate

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Scar 74% connected

A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a pr…

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Scar 74% connected

A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a pr…

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Scrape 74% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

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Scrape 74% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

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Scraper 74% connected

An instrument with which anything is scraped.

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Scraper 74% connected

An instrument with which anything is scraped.

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Entails 1

Rub 72% connected

To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…

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Containing whole 3

Furnace 70% connected

An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking potter…

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Range 70% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Stove 70% connected

of Stave

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Synonym 5

Fret 92% connected

See 1st Frith.

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Grating 92% connected

of Grate

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Grind 92% connected

To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones.

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Rankle 92% connected

To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively.

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Scrape 92% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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