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Meaning of 'grate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grate [ a.]
- Serving to gratify; agreeable.
2 . Grate [ n.]
- A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
3 . Grate [ v. i.]
- To make a harsh sound by friction.
- To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.
4 . Grate [ v. t.]
- To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
- To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.
- To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
- To fret; to irritate; to offend.

Meaning of 'grate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . grate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- furnish with a grate
Example in sentence:
  • a grated fireplace
Meaning (2):
- reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
Example in sentence:
  • grate carrots and onions;
  • grate nutmeg
Meaning (3):
- make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
Example in sentence:
  • grate one's teeth in anger
Meaning (4):
- gnaw into; make resentful or angry
Example in sentence:
  • his resentment festered;
  • The injustice rankled her
Meaning (5):
- scratch repeatedly
Example in sentence:
  • The cat scraped at the armchair

Nearby Words:

graafian graal graaper grab grabbed grabber grabbing grabble grabbled grabbling

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