meaning of grate
1. Serving to gratify; agreeable.
2. 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.
3. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
4. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
5. 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.
6. To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
7. To fret; to irritate; to offend.
8. To make a harsh sound by friction.
9. 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.
10. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
Related Words
grate | grated | grated cheese | grateful | gratefully | gratefulness | grater |
