Grate Definition

grāt
grated, grates, grating
verb
grated, grates, grating
To grind into shreds or particles by rubbing or scraping.
Webster's New World
To grind or rub with a harsh scraping or rasping sound.
Webster's New World
To rub against (an object) with a harsh, scraping sound.
Webster's New World
To grind (the teeth) together with a rasping sound.
Webster's New World
To have an irritating or annoying effect.
A noise that grates on one's nerves.
Webster's New World
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noun
grates
A harsh rasping sound made by scraping or rubbing.
The grate of a key in a lock.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
A framework of parallel or latticed bars for blocking an opening.
American Heritage
A frame of metal bars for holding fuel in a fireplace, stove, or furnace.
Webster's New World
A fireplace.
Webster's New World
adjective

(obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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Other Word Forms of Grate

Noun

Singular:
grate
Plural:
grates

Origin of Grate

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin grata, from Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, of the same origin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Medieval Latin grāta alteration of Latin crātis wickerwork

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English graten from Old French grater to scrape of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin gratus (“agreeable”).

    From Wiktionary

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