Definition:
- (a.) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
- (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
- (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.
- (v. i.) 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.
Compare grate with other words:
grate vs. grid
grame vs. grate
grane vs. grate
grate vs. urate
grate vs. irate
grade vs. grate
grate vs. prate
grate vs. graze
crate vs. grate
grate vs. orate
grate vs. gyrate
grate vs. grave
gate vs. grate
grace vs. grate
grate vs. rate
grape vs. grate
chop vs. grate
creak vs. grate
grate vs. slice
grate vs. mince
grate vs. grateful
grate vs. lattice
grate vs. mesh
grate vs. mash
grate vs. grind
grate vs. whip
grate vs. grated
chauffer vs. grate
grate vs. gridiron
fence vs. grate
grate vs. great
grate vs. scrape
grate vs. grating
annoy vs. grate
grate vs. grater
grate vs. irritate
grate vs. shred
grate vs. rub
fuel vs. grate
burn vs. grate
grate vs. grille
grate vs. horizontal