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Definition: GRATED |
GRATEDAdjective1. Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows. Imperative & past participle1. Of Grate |
Date "GRATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Crossing | Cross, cruciform, crucial; retiform, reticular, reticulated; areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked; textile; crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant; web-footed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: GRATED |
| English words defined with "GRATED": Cachiri, carbonara, carrot pudding, cheese sauce, cinnamon toast, Coop, Corn oyster ♦ escalope de veau Orloff ♦ grate, grated cheese ♦ half-and-half dressing, horseradish, Horse-radish, horseradish root ♦ Itallian rice ♦ latke, lobster thermidor ♦ Mornay sauce ♦ nutmeg ♦ orange toast ♦ Parmesan, potato pancake ♦ risotto, Russian dressing, Russian mayonnaise. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GRATED": egg nog ♦ general production worker, GRATED-CHEESE MAKER, grating-machine operator ♦ PRODUCTION HELPER ♦ SUGAR SOPS ♦ Tauta. (references) |
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References | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Installation of grated apex structure, one of the four types of shoreline protection structures tested. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| "Grated ocean" by Gilbert Tremblay Commentary: "A huge grille I took a shot of ." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Unless one had seen them through the grated gate of the garden, it would have been difficult to guess that they lived in the Rue Plumet |
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| "GRATED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 59.25% of the time. "GRATED" is used about 319 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 59.25% | 189 | 22,353 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 37.62% | 120 | 29,358 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 2.19% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.94% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 319 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "GRATED": grated cheese ♦ grated raw. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "GRATED": finely-grated, freshly-grated, taken-for-grated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
grated cheese | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GRATED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | с решетка. (various references) | |
Chinese | 磨碎 (Triturated, Triturating). (various references) | |
Czech | strouhaný sýr (grated cheese). (various references) | |
Danish | grynet (bitty, crackled, granita, granular, grated ice drink), granuleret (crackled, granita, grated ice drink), spånprodukt (grated product, rasped product, shredded product), revet produkt (grated product, rasped product, shredded product), revet ost (grated cheese), revet kokosnød (grated coconut), revet chokolade (grated chocolate), raspet frugt (grated fruit). (various references) | |
Dutch | geschaafd kokosvlees (grated coconut), geraspte vrucht (grated fruit), geraspte kokos (grated coconut), geraspte kaas (grated cheese), gehakt en geschaafd fabrikaat (grated product, rasped product, shredded product), chocoladerape (grated chocolate). (various references) | |
Finnish | tonnikalahiutaleita (flakes grated tuna, shredded tuna), sorbetti (crackled, granita, grated ice drink), juustoraaste (grated cheese), jäädyke (crackled, granita, grated ice drink). (various references) | |
French | râpé. (various references) | |
German | rieb (rubbed). (various references) | |
Greek | ξύσμα (peel, scrap), ξυμένη καρύδα (grated coconut), προϊόν υπό μορφή ρινίσματος (grated product, rasped product, shredded product), εγκυτιωμένος τόννος σε τεμαχίδια (flakes grated tuna, shredded tuna), λεπτοκομμένο προϊόν (grated product, rasped product, shredded product), αποξεσμένος καρπός (grated fruit), τριμμένη καρύδα (grated coconut), τριμμένη σοκολάτα (grated chocolate), τριμμένο τυρί (grated cheese). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מגורד (scraped), מרוסס (crushed, splintered, sprayed). (various references) | |
Italian | granita (crackled, granita, grated ice drink), prodotto in scaglie (grated product, rasped product, shredded product), prodotto grattugiato (grated product, rasped product, shredded product), frutta grattugiata (grated fruit), formaggio grattugiato (grated cheese), cocco grattugiato (grated coconut), cioccolato in scaglie (grated chocolate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 卸す (to sell wholesale). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おろす (to discharge, to drop, to launch, to letoff, to lower, to sell wholesale, to take down, to unload). (various references) | |
Korean | 비비는. (various references) | |
Manx | screebit (abraded, chafed, combed, scraped, scratched, struck). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atedgray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | raspado (scraped), ralado. (various references) | |
Spanish | rozado (scuff mark, shearing), rallado. (various references) | |
Swedish | råriven (grated raw). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "GRATED": deflagrated, denigrated, disintegrated, emigrated, immigrated, integrated, migrated, nonintegrated, photodisintegrated, redintegrated, regrated, reintegrated, transmigrated, unintegrated. (additional references) | |
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"GRATED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agrated, garte, garted, goated, grabed, graten, grati, gratia, gratid, gratix, gratned, gratta, gratte, Grattet, Gratzel, grawed, grette, gretted, gristed, groated, grte, irated. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "GRATED" (pronounced grā"tud) |
| 5 | -r ā" t u d | berated, desecrated, overrated, prorated, rated, underrated, unrated. |
| 4 | -ā" t u d | abated, annotated, awaited, baited, bated, belated, conjugated, created, dated, debated, deflated, dilated, interrelated, elated, equated, fated, feted, gated, hated, inflated, mated, misstated, negated, overweighted, plated, predated, reinstated, related, restated, sated, sedated, skated, slated, stated, translated, unabated, undated, unrelated, unstated, updated, vacated, waited, weighted. |
| 3 | -t u d | abrogated, abstracted, abutted, accelerated, accented, accentuated, accepted, acclimated, accommodated, abbreviated, abdicated, abducted, abetted, aborted, accosted, accounted, accredited, accumulated, acquainted, acquitted, acted, activated, adapted, addicted, adjudicated, adjusted, admitted, adopted, adulterated, advocated, affected, affiliated, afflicted, affronted, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, airlifted, alerted, alienated, alleviated, allocated, allotted, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amounted, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anted, anticipated, antiquated, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, arrested, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assaulted, asserted, assimilated, assisted, associated, assorted, attempted, attenuated, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, authenticated, automated, averted, backdated, bankrupted, batted, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, bested, bifurcated, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, castigated, castrated, catapulted, celebrated, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, chlorinated, circuited, circulated, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collaborated, collected, comforted, commemorated, commented, committed, communicated, commuted, compacted, compensated, competed, complemented, completed, complicated, complimented, computed, conceited, concentrated, concerted, concocted, conducted, confiscated, conflicted, confronted, congested, congratulated, congregated, connected, conscripted, consecrated, consented, consisted, consolidated, constipated, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, consummated, contacted, contaminated, contemplated, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, cooperated, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, credited, cremated, crenelated, crested, crusted, culminated, cultivated, darted, daunted, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflected, degenerated, dehydrated, dejected, delegated, deleted, deliberated, delighted, delineated, delisted, demented, demonstrated, demoted, denigrated, denominated, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, depreciated, deregulated, desegregated, deserted, designated, destructed, detected, deteriorated, detested, detonated, detracted, devaluated, devastated, deviated, devoted, dictated, differentiated, digested, dilapidated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, interpolated, interpreted, interrogated, interrupted, intersected, intimated, intimidated, intoxicated, introverted, inundated, invalidated, invented, inverted, invested, investigated, invigorated, invited, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, laminated, lasted, legislated, levitated, liberated, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, liquidated, listed, litigated, located, looted, lubricated, lusted, discounted, discredited, discriminated, disenchanted, disgusted, disintegrated, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, disseminated, dissented, dissipated, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, domesticated, dominated, donated, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, duplicated, dusted, edited, educated, effected, ejected, elaborated, elected, electrocuted, elevated, elicited, eliminated, elongated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emitted, emulated, enacted, encapsulated, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, enumerated, enunciated, eradicated, erected, erupted, escalated, escorted, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, evicted, eviscerated, exacerbated, exacted, exaggerated, exalted, exasperated, excavated, excepted, excerpted, excited, excommunicated, excoriated, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhilarated, exhorted, existed, exited, exonerated, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, expropriated, exterminated, extorted, extracted, extradited, extrapolated, extricated, extroverted, exulted, fabricated, faceted, facilitated, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fascinated, fasted, faulted, feasted, federated, fermented, ferreted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, fixated, flabbergasted, flagellated, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, fluctuated, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, formulated, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, frustrated, generated, germinated, gifted, glaciated, gloated, glutted, graduated, grafted, granted, gravitated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, gyrated, halfhearted, hallucinated, halogenated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hearted, heated, helmeted, hesitated, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, humiliated, hunted, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, ignited, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impacted, imparted, impersonated, implanted, implemented, implicated, imported, impregnated, imprinted, imputed, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incited, incorporated, inculcated, indebted, indicated, indicted, indited, indoctrinated, inducted, infatuated, infected, infested, infiltrated, inflected, inflicted, infuriated, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, initiated, injected, innovated, inoculated, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instigated, instituted, instructed, insulated, insulted, integrated, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, mandated, manifested, manipulated, marinated, marketed, masted, masturbated, mediated, medicated, melted, merited, meted, migrated, minted, misallocated, misappropriated, miscalculated, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, mistreated, mistrusted, mitigated, moderated, modulated, molested, motivated, mounted, multifaceted, mutated, muted, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, nearsighted, necessitated, neglected, negotiated, nested, netted, nominated, nonregulated, noted, objected, obligated, obliterated, obstructed, officiated, omitted, operated, opinionated, opted, orbited, orchestrated, orientated, oriented, originated, ornamented, ousted, outdated, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overestimated, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overreacted, overregulated, overrepresented, overstated, oxygenated, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, participated, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, penetrated, perfected, perforated, permeated, permitted, perpetrated, perpetuated, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, pollinated, polluted, pontificated, populated, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, precipitated, predicated, predicted, predominated, preempted, preexisted, prefabricated, premeditated, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prognosticated, prohibited, projected, proliferated, promoted, prompted, promulgated, propagated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, punctuated, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, radiated, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, reacted, reactivated, readjusted, readmitted, reallocated, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebated, rebutted, recalculated, recanted, reciprocated, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recreated, recruited, redacted, redecorated, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, reevaluated, refitted, reflected, reformulated, refrigerated, refuted, regenerated, regimented, regretted, regulated, rehabilitated, reignited, reincarnated, reinstituted, reintegrated, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvigorated, reinvited, reiterated, rejected, rejuvenated, relegated, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, rented, repainted, repatriated, repeated, repented, replanted, replicated, reported, represented, reprinted, repudiated, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resonated, resorted, respected, restarted, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, resuscitated, retaliated, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverberated, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotated, rotted, ruminated, rusted, rutted, sainted, salivated, salted, saluted, sandblasted, saturated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, segmented, segregated, selected, separated, serrated, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, simulated, sited, situated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sophisticated, sorted, speculated, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, stagnated, stalemated, started, stilted, stimulated, stipulated, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, subjugated, submitted, subordinated, substantiated, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suffocated, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, syncopated, syndicated, tabulated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, terminated, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, titillated, toasted, tolerated, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, truncated, trusted, tufted, twisted, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unadulterated, unaffected, unaffiliated, unallocated, unanticipated, unappreciated, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompensated, uncompleted, uncomplicated, unconnected, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underestimated, underreported, underrepresented, understated, undetected, undifferentiated, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, uneducated, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unincorporated, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninitiated, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmitigated, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unreconstructed, unregulated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unsaturated, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unsophisticated, unsubstantiated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, uplifted, uprooted, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, venerated, vented, ventilated, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, wanted, warranted, wasted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-g-r-t" | |
-1 letter: dater, derat, gated, grade, grate, great, raged, rated, retag, tared, targe, terga, trade, tread. | |
-2 letters: aged, ager, dare, dart, date, dear, drag, drat, dreg, egad, gaed, gate, gear, geta, grad, grat, rage, rate, read, tare, tear, trad. | |
-3 letters: age, are, art, ate, dag, ear, eat, era, erg, eta, gad, gae, gar, gat, ged. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-g-r-t" | |
+1 letter: dragnet, garoted, gradate, grafted, granted, gyrated, tragedy, triaged. | |
+2 letters: daughter, derating, derogate, dragnets, dragonet, dragster, driftage, gadgetry, garotted, garroted, gartered, gathered, goatherd, gradated, gradates, gradient, graduate, grandest, migrated, outraged, pargeted, portaged, ragouted, redating, regrated, restaged, retagged, targeted, treading, waterdog. | |
+3 letters: abrogated, absterged, adverting, arrogated, astringed, budgetary, cartridge, daughters, delegator, denigrate, departing, deratting, derogated, derogates, draggiest, dragonets, dragsters, draughted, driftages, emigrated, engrafted, estranged, fraughted, gadgeteer, garmented, garrotted, generated, goatherds, godfather, godparent, gradients, graduated, graduates, gratified, gratineed, gratitude, greatened, ingrafted, integrand, irrigated, ligatured, margented, mortgaged, outargued, outglared, outranged, pargetted, partridge, predating, raggedest, redacting, regardant, regelated, regrafted, regranted, regulated, relegated, retarding, staggered, stargazed, straggled, strangled, stravaged, threading, tragedian, tragedies, treadling, waterdogs. | |
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