Sekirov Dictionary

grate

/ˈɡɹeɪt/

verb 5
noun 3
adjective 1
forms 6

verb5

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To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
- I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
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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.
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To annoy.
- one of the issues that's kind of grating me a little bit is weed control. — 2015
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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.
To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.

noun3

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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.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
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(historical) A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
- Lances (only shown at Stoke D'Abernon) were commonly made of ash, about 13 feet long. A ring of metal (grate or grapper) was fastened to the shaft and during a fight[…] — 1969

adjective1

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(no longer used) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
- Coho or Coffee[…]however ingrate or insapory it seems at first, it becomes grate and delicious enough by custom. — 1677

forms

grated · grating · grates · grateth · more grate · most grate

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