grate

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Synonyms: grave, irate, grace, graze, gate, gyrate, prate, grape, rate, grame, grade

Antonyms: grave, irate, grace, graze, gate, gyrate, prate, grape, rate, grame, grade

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Noun

1. A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
   • The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
3. A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

Verb

1. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
   • to grate a window

Verb

1. To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
   • I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
2. To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
   • Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
   • The chalk grated against the board.
3. To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
   • She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
4. To annoy.

Adjective

1. Serving to gratify; agreeable.

Adjective

1. Obsolete spelling of great.

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