grate

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1. grate - Noun

2. grate - Adjective

3. grate - Verb

Meaning

Serving to gratify; agreeable.

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.

A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.

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.

To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.

To fret; to irritate; to offend.

To make a harsh sound by friction.

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.

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The proverbe saith that many a smale maketh a grate. Geoffrey Chaucer

The grate desire ov mi life iz tew amuze sumboddy. I had rather be able to set the multiplikashun table tew sum lively tune than tew hav bin the author ov it. Josh Billings

I hate grate talkers; i had rather hav a swarm of bees lite onto me. Josh Billings

Thare iz a grate deal ov charity in this world so koldly rendered that it fairly hurts, it iz like lifting a drowning man out ov the water bi the hair ov the hed, and then letting him drop on the ground. Josh Billings

Pound the garlic, Pedro, whilst I grate the cheese. Spanish Proverb

Many a smale maketh a grate. English Proverb

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