grate
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
grate (plural grates)
- a horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot
- The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iv]:
- a secret grate of iron bars
- a frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning
grate (grates, present participle grating; past and past participle grated)
- (transitive) to furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
- to grate a window
grate (grates, present participle grating; past and past participle grated)
- (transitive, cooking) to shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
- I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
- (intransitive) to make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- The gate suddenly grated. It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.
- Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
- The chalk grated against the board.
- 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
- (by extension, intransitive) 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.
- (by extension, transitive) to annoy
- 2015, Art Levy in Florida Trend, Roland Martin is a Florida 'Icon' ↗
- one of the issues that's kind of grating me a little bit is weed control.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:
- News, my good lord Rome […] grates me.
- 2015, Art Levy in Florida Trend, Roland Martin is a Florida 'Icon' ↗
- French: râper
- German: reiben
- Italian: grattugiare
- Portuguese: ralar
- Russian: тере́ть
- Spanish: rallar
grate
Adjectivegrate
- Obsolete spelling of great#English|great
- c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Omie Wise
- He promisd her a grate reward
- c. 1815, Mary Woody, A true account of Omie Wise
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