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grate English

Meaning grate meaning

What does grate mean?
Definitions in simple English

grate Verb

— When you grate something, you turn it into little pieces by rubbing it against something sharp or rough. He grated an entire block of cheese for the nachos. — When you grate something, you rub it against something in a way that makes a loud, annoying noise. During the math test, the student grated his pencil against the side of his desk so loudly that the teacher threatened to throw the pencil out the window. — When a person grates, they say something in a loud, often annoying voice. "Silence during tests!" the teacher grated in a voice that was almost as loud as the pencil. — When someone or someone grates on you, it makes you annoyed. It is hard to deal with or listen to. She means well, but she has a loud, high, perky voice that just grates on me. The constant sound of construction outside my house grated on my nerves until I had to leave.

grate Noun

— A grate is a metal cover with bars on it. It may cover things like fireplaces or sewers. The construction workers covered the hole in the road with a grate so nobody would fall down the hole.

grate

— noun a frame of iron bars to hold a fire — noun a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air — noun a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something — verb (= grind) make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together grate one's teeth in anger — verb reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface grate carrots and onions grate nutmeg — verb furnish with a grate a grated fireplace — verb (= scrape) scratch repeatedly The cat scraped at the armchair — verb (= rankle) gnaw into; make resentful or angry The injustice rankled her his resentment festered

Synonyms grate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as grate?

grate English » English

scrape grating scratch grind grid creak grille rub rasp lattice grill squeak trellis fireplace rack latticework grillage fret crunch chafe trelliswork stove sharpen rankle railing jar grince gridiron gnash fire file eat into crush claw wiregrating wire netting wire grid wire grating window pane whet web wear triturate store rod stationary screen smart skin sieve shine shave

Topics grate topics

What do people use grate to talk about?
Social behavior Law Justice

Act harshly
Daily life Food Food preparation

Steps in food preparation
Daily life Fire

Fireplace
Physical actions Physical impact

Grind
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Cut

Conjugation grate conjugation

How do you conjugate grate?

grate · verb

Examples grate examples

How do I use grate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom's wide-eyed optimism is beginning to grate on my nerves.

Movie subtitles

Which is why they cleaned the grate.
That Grate.
Used to come home from his work all portered up. hit the baby with the plate, throw the gravy in the grate. spear the canary with a fork.
No fire will burn in yonder grate.
There's a log fire burning in the grate.
Does she. grate garlic on her skin?
Hubert! Take down the grate.
Workers entering the Clean Room must first stand on this grate.. whichshakesoffdust from shoes and clothing.
You know, leaving the place where you've learned the basics, how to sit and how to walk, where you know every grate, it is not easy.
A whole army can slip through it like rain through a grate.
There was a fire in the grate, and it was warm.
Those same singsong rhymes over and over. are enough to grate on my nerves.
He's lying on a grate on a landing.
The grate! I knew I'd forgotten something!
If the term doesn't grate on your white Russian ears. Huh?
The door doesn't grate.
Why should it grate?
Take down the grate.
Close the grate!
Yeah, it does. And it's got a grate on the opening, but that's not gonna do you any good. You're still gonna draw the laser there.
Well, I've reached the grate.
Pull this grate off.
Som grate deals are being brokered with foreign investors.
He's lying on a grate on a landing. He appears to be alive.
I think you don't grate enough.
I can't peel, I can't chop, I can't grate, I can't mince.
They said it was a stray coal or something, from the grate.
I couldn't help notice a little eye-rolling today when my skate wheel got stuck in a storm grate.
Looks like one of us will have to bend this grate. Aw!
He crawls through a gutter, under a grate where the vats are, then he goes out from the workshop.
Finely slice oranges and grate zest.
Your sourpussy mode is starting to grate.
He would borrow a grate master from a museum, and duplicate it, and often send back the copy.
We'd hoped you'd only gone one grate too far.
Getting out of a cab, wind from a subway grate. or as you so sadly missed there, bending over to pick something up.
There's a fan behind a grate in the hallway.

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