GRATE
\ɡɹˈe͡ɪt], \ɡɹˈeɪt], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of GRATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
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scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
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make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
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reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
By Princeton University
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a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something
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scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair"
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make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"
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reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Serving to gratify; agreeable.
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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.
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A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
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To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
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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.
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To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
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To fret; to irritate; to offend.
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To make a harsh sound by friction.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Serving to gratify; agreeable.
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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.
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A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
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To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
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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.
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To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
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To fret; to irritate; to offend.
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To make a harsh sound by friction.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A framework of iron bars to bold fuel; a set of bars, as in a window.
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To rub or wear away by the friction or rubbing of a rough body; produce (a sound) by the friction of rough or hard surfaces; grind down; furnish with iron bars.
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To make a harsh noise by rubbing roughly; produce mental irritation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A framework composed of bars with interstices, esp. one of iron bars for holding coals while burning.
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To rub hard or wear away with anything rough: to make a harsh sound: to irritate or offend.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To rub together with a harsh sound; rasp; irritate.
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To wear away in minute particles by rubbing.
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To fit with a grate or with bars.
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A framework of bars, as to close an opening, or to hold fuel in burning. grating.
By James Champlin Fernald
