grate

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See also Gräte

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English [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

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Noun [edit]

grate (plural grates)

  1. A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
    The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
a horizontal metal grille

Verb [edit]

grate (third-person singular simple present grates, present participle grating, simple past and past participle grated)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
    to grate a window

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Old French grater (“to scrape”) ( > French gratter), from Frankish kratton, Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Old High German krazzon[1] ( > German kratzen (“to scrawl”) > Danish kradse ), Icelandic krassa (“to scrawl”) [2] and Danish kratte.

Verb [edit]

grate (third-person singular simple present grates, present participle grating, simple past and past participle grated)

  1. (transitive, cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
    I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
  2. (intransitive) To rub against, making a (usually unpleasant) squeaking sound.
    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
      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.
  3. (by extension) To grate on one’s nerves; to irritate or annoy.
    She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate on my nerves if there is no-one else to talk to.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
shred
rub against
irritate
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References [edit]

  1. ^ “glut” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. ^ Etymology of kradse in ODS

Anagrams [edit]

Italian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈɡrate/

Adjective [edit]

grate f

  1. Feminine plural form of grato

Anagrams [edit]

Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From grātus (“agreeable”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Adverb [edit]

grātē (comparative grātius, superlative grātissimē)

  1. gladly, willingly
  2. gratefully, thankfully

Related terms [edit]

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