grate

IPA: grˈeɪt

noun

  • A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
  • A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
  • (historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.

verb

  • (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
  • (transitive, cooking) To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
  • (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
  • (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.
  • (by extension, transitive) To annoy.

adjective

  • (obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
  • Obsolete spelling of great [Having much size; large.]
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Examples of "grate" in Sentences

  • The friend was eternally grateful.
  • I am grateful for his acquiescence.
  • The family is now eternally grateful.
  • Should the woman be grateful to the second guy
  • The area under the grate was filled with earth.
  • I am grateful for the addition of the reference.
  • The academic community will be eternally grateful.
  • I'm grateful for the improvements and for the sources.
  • Bushmaster was grateful for the unity and the steady employment.

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