Grate

Noun

 * 1) A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

Synonyms

 * grille

Verb

 * 1)  To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
 * I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
 * 1)  To rub against, such as grating one’s teeth.
 * Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
 * 1) * 1856:, , 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.
 * 1)  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

 * grater
 * grating


 * gratings
 * grate upon

Adjectives for Grate
gaping; glowing; abhorred; ponderous; old-fashioned.

Adverbs for Grate
harshly; unendurably; roughly; irritatingly; exasperatingly; monotonously; continually; ceaselessly; repeatedly.

Thesaurus
ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, andiron, annoy, arabesque, atomize, bark, basketry, basketwork, beat, bite, bolter, bray, brecciate, burn, burn up, cancellation, chafe, chain, clash, coal tongs, colander, comminute, conflict, contriturate, convulse, crane, craunch, crook, cross-hatching, crossing-out, crucify, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cut, damper, disintegrate, distress, erase, erode, exacerbate, excruciate, fester, file, filigree, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, flour, fragment, fray, frazzle, fret, fretwork, gall, get, give pain, gnaw, gnaw away, grain, granulate, granulize, grate on, grating, gravel, graze, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, grille, griller, grillwork, grind, grind to powder, gripe, grit, hachure, harrow, hatching, hit a clinker, hurt, inflame, inflict pain, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, irk, irritate, jangle, jar, jostle, kill by inches, lace, lacerate, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, levigate, lifter, martyr, martyrize, mash, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mill, net, netting, nettle, network, nip, pain, peeve, pester, pestle, pierce, pinch, pique, plexure, plexus, poker, pothook, pound, powder, prick, prolong the agony, provoke, pulverize, put to torture, rack, raddle, rankle, rasp, raze, reduce to powder, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, rile, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, salamander, scour, scranch, scrape, scratch, screech, screen, screening, scrub, scrunch, scuff, set on edge, shard, shred, sieve, sifter, skin, smash, sorter, spit, squash, stab, sting, stridulate, texture, tissue, tongs, torment, torture, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, tripod, triturate, trivet, turnspit, tweak, twist, unstring, untune, vex, wattle, wear, wear away, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork, wound, wring

Etymology 2
From grater: ( > French gratter:), from  kratton:,. Cognate with Old High German krazzon: ( > German kratzen: > Danish kradse: ), Icelandic krassa: and Danish kratte:.

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: grattugia
 * Polish: krata


 * Russian:, сетка
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: rejilla

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: ; натирать, натереть
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: narskua


 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: op de zenuwen werken, irriteren,
 * Finnish:


 * Swahili:


 * Arabic: بَشَرَ (bašara)
 * Spanish: rallar
 * French:

Anagrams

 * great, Greta, targe

Adjective
grate


 * 1) Feminine plural form of grato

Anagrams

 * terga

Etymology
From gratus:.

Adverb

 * 1) gladly, willingly
 * 2) gratefully, thankfully

Related terms

 * grātēs
 * grātia
 * grātificātiō
 * grātificor


 * grātiīs
 * grātiōsus
 * grātīs
 * grātor


 * grātuītus
 * grātulātiō
 * grātulor
 * grātus