grate
adjective
1. (obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
noun
1. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
Similar word(s): grating
Definition categories: man–made, frame, framework
2. a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
Definition categories: event, noise
3. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air
Similar word(s): grating
Definition categories: man–made, barrier
Sentences with grate as a noun:
- The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
verb
1. furnish with a grate
- a grated fireplace
Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply
2. gnaw into; make resentful or angry
Definition categories: emotion, annoy, bother, chafe, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
3. reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface
- grate carrots and onions
- grate nutmeg
Definition categories: contact, rub
4. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together
- grate one's teeth in anger
Similar word(s): grind
Definition categories: contact, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
5. scratch repeatedly
Similar word(s): scrape
Definition categories: contact, rub
Sentences with grate as a verb:
- to grate a window
- I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
- Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
- The chalk grated against the board.
- She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.