1. grate - Noun
2. grate - Adjective
3. grate - Verb
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe 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