Grate and Test

Grate

Grate verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.

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Test and grate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Test" instead a verb "Grate".

Nearby Words: grating, grated, grater

Test verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Usage example: all of these unnecessary questions are testing my patience

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Grate and test are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grate" instead a verb "Test".

Nearby Words: testing, tested, tester, testable, testa

people	grate people	test people
way	grate way	test way

Outside the test building is a girl begging for help because she dropped her pencil down a sewer grate.

Source: Secret Test of Character
Several kids pass the test of character in creative ways, including a girl who reaches into her Bag of Holding for assorted items that enable her to fish the pencil out of the grate, and the protagonist, who breaks his pencil and gives the girl half.

Source: Secret Test of Character

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