Grate

Definition: Grate

Grate

Noun

1. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.

2. A harsh rasping sound made by scraping something.

3. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.

Verb

1. Furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace".

2. Gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her".

3. Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface; "grate carrots and onions"; "grate nutmeg".

4. Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger".

5. Scratch repeatedly; "The cat scraped at the armchair".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "grate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Personal Care & Hotels

Bible

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Grate

Furnace

Fireplace, gas fireplace; coal fire, wood fire; fire-dog, fire-irons; grate, range, kitchener; caboose, camboose; poker, tongs, shovel, ashpan, hob, trivet; andiron, gridiron; ashdrop; frying-pan, stew-pan, backlog.

Pain

Sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal, appall, freeze the blood; make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold; make one shudder.

Hurt the feelings, wound the feelings, grate upon the feelings, grate upon the nerves, jar upon the feelings; wring the heart, pierce the heart, lacerate the heart, break the heart, rend the heart; make the heart bleed; tear the heart strings, rend the heart strings; draw tears from the eyes.

Physical Pain

Give pain, inflict pain; lacerate; pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe; pinch, tweak; grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse; torment, torture; rack, agonize; crucify; cruciate, excruciate; break on the wheel, put to the rack; flog. (punish); grate on the ear. (harsh sound).

Pulverulence

Reduce to powder, grind to powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate; scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund; beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate; attenuate .

Crosswords: Grate

German (ridges, spines), Latin (freely, happily, willingly).

Books

• Eric Grate : skulptur : [Vèasterêas konstmuseum, sommaren 1990] (reference)

• Gipfel und Grate : das Erlebnis der Schweizer Berge (reference)

• Grate Expectations (reference)

• Wetterstein : Täler, Grate u. Wände : Alpinmonografie (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Kelly Grate [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Almeda Mine, Medford District. Mine entrance, Bat Grate. Credit: John Craig.

AML Kaaba-Texas Mine. Bat grate at entrance to vertical shaft. Spokane District, Washington. Credit: John Craig.

AML, Bat grate on incline shaft at Kaaba-Texas Mine, Spokane District, Washington. Credit: John Craig.

Doonesbury. Hmm -- gettin' too late to meet Rick at the grate -- better stay put -- yup ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Interior, 121 Henry Street sitting room, showing grate, Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Gilberton, Pennsylvania. Coal on a grate conveyor in the Saint Nicholas breaker being washed. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

In case any living being had been so marvellously slender as to attempt to get in or out by the square hole, this grate would have prevented it.

The parlour fire would not draw that evening and Mr Dedalus rested the poker against the bars of the grate to attract the flame

I meet his servant come to draw water for his master, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "grate": grate bread ♦ grate on ♦ grate on smb.'s nerves ♦ grate on the ear ♦ grate on the ears ♦ grate on the nerves ♦ grate one's teeth ♦ grate plane ♦ Grate surface ♦ step grate. Additional references.

Beginning with "grate": grate-cleaning.

Ending with "grate": fire-grate, well-grate.

Afrikaans

rooster (grid, grill, schedule, time-table). (various references)

Albanian

grij (canker, chew, cut into pieces, grind, hash, mince, scour, scrape, shred), skarë minerali, skarë (barbecue, broiler, fire-bar, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, rack), sitë (Bolter, separator, sieve, strainer, Tammy), kruaj (abrade, chafe, dress, dub, fret, pick, scratch), kërcëlloj (chatter, clang, clank, gnash, grind), hekura (handcuffs, iron, manacle), bezdis (bore, displease, get, Harrow, hassle, importune, inconvenience, nag, peeve, persecute, pester, press, pursue, ruffle, tease, trouble, vex). (various references)

Arabic 

‏موقد (bonfire, fireplace, hearth, heater, hotplate, stove), ‏نافذة مشبكة (fanlight), ‏حاملة الوقود, ‏حاجز حديدي, ‏ضايق (aggrieve, annoy, bully, distress, disturb, dog, fret, get in the way, gnaw, grill, harass, harrow, harry, incommode, inconvenience, irk, jar, jolt, molest, nag, persecute, pester, pick, rag, rattle, saddle, torment), ‏صر ب, ‏صر (chirr, creak, insist, jar, persist, play up, press, rasp, screech, squeak, squeal), ‏الشعرية نافذة مشبكة, ‏أزعج (ail, annoy, beset, bother, burn, discompose, disquiet, disrupt, distress, disturb, get in the way, get on smb.'s nerves, gig, gnaw, hamper, harass, importune, incommode, inconvenience, infest, intrude, irk, irritate, jolt, molest, nag, niggle, obsess, offend, pain, peck, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, possess, prickle, put out, rasp, rattle, ruffle, saddle, torment, trouble, upset, vex). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стържа (grind, rasp, scrape), скърцам (creak, groan, scrape, scratch, screak, squeak), скара (grid, grill, grillage, grille, rotisserie), снабдявам с решетка, решетка на камина, решетка (grating, grid, gridiron, guard, lathing, lattice, rack), трия (grind, rub, wipe), камина (chimney, fireplace, hearth), настъргвам (shred), едро сито (riddle), правя лошо впечатление, действувам неприятно. (various references)

Chinese 

花格. (various references)

Czech

vrzat (creak, groan, jar), strouhat, skřípat (creak, gnash, grind, jar, rasp, scream, scroop, scrunch), rošt (grid, gridiron, grill), mřížoví (grid, grill, lattice), mříž (bar, bars, grating, grid, grille, rail), krb (fire, fireplace, hearth). (various references)

Danish

rist (air grille, cattle grid, grating, grid, grill, grille, hearth), hæk (grid, grill). (various references)

Dutch

rooster (grid, grill, schedule, timetable, time-table), piepen (chirp, creak, gnash, grind, peep, twitter, whistle), knarsen (creak, gnash, grind). (various references)

Esperanto

grinci (creak, gnash, grind), raspi (rasp), krado (grid, grill), knari (creak). (various references)

Faeroese

grísla (creak, gnash, grind), skrenja (creak, gnash, grind), skróva (creak, rustle, swish), rist (grid, grill), rimaverk (balustrade, banisters, grid, grill, parapet, railing), ríkja (creak, gnash, grind), knarra (creak, gnash, grind), hvína (creak, gnash, grind), braka (crack, creak, gnash, grind). (various references)

Farsi 

صدای تصادم(نیزه وشمشیر), بخاری تودیواری , بخاری پنجره ای , بزورستاندن (Gouge), شبکه (Grating, Grille, Lattice, Mesh, Net, Network, Plexus, Trellis), شبکه دارکردن دارای نرده رنده , رنده کردن (Bevel, Chip, Plane, Shave), باشبکه مجهزکردن , صدای خشن دراوردن , پنجره (Grating, Peeper, Sash, Window), زندان (Calaboose, Coop, Dungeon, Gaol, Jail, Presidio, Prison), ساءیدن (Bruise, Chafe, Fray, Gall, Gnaw, Grind, Grit, Levigate, Pulverize, Rub, Scuff), حبس کردن (Incarcerate, Jail, Mew), وپنجره اهنی کردن , قفس اهنی , میله های اهخنی , ازردن (Afflict, Aggrieve, Ail, Annoy, Distaste, Goad, Gripe, Grit, Harrow, Harry, Hurt, Irk, Irritate, Lacerate, Mortify, Peeve, Prick, Rile, Tar). (various references)

Finnish

narista (creak, squeak). (various references)

French

grille (grating, grid, grid circuit, grill, grille), râper, grincer (grind, grit), crisser (grind, grit). (various references)

Frisian

ôffreding (grid, grill). (various references)

German

raspeln (rasp, to rasp), knirschen (creak, crunch, crunching, gnash, grind, grit, scrunch, to crunch), knarren (crack, creak, creaking), gitter (bars, fireguard, grating, gratings, grid, grids, grill, grille, lattice, lattices, latticework, mesh, railing, trellis, trellises). (various references)

Greek 

σχάρα (broiler, grid, gridiron, grill, rack), τρίβω (abrade, brush, chafe, fray, frazzle, grind, massage, pound, powder, rub, scour, scrub, triturate, wear). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשפשף (abrade, grind, polish, rub, rubber, scrub), לגרור (drag, draw, haul, involve, pull, tow, trail, tug), לגרד (abrade, itch, scrabble, scrape, scratch), לגרר (drag, saw), לצרום (rasp), לצרצר (chirp, rasp), שבכה (grid, lattice, lattice work, mesh, net, network, reticulation), אסכלה (gang way, grid, gridiron, grill, ladder, roasting jack), סריג (grating, grid, grill, lattice, latticework). (various references)

Hungarian

tűzrostély, rostély (ciphering square, cipher-stencil, grid, grill, grille, lattice), rács (bars, grating, grid, grill, grille, lattice, rail, railing, screen), ablakrács (grating). (various references)

Icelandic

raspa (rasp). (various references)

Indonesian

gobet (cut very thin), menggetap (crunch), memarut, berkeretak (creak, gnash). (various references)

Italian

graticola (broiler, gridiron, grill), grata (grating, grid, grill, grille, Guichet, lattice). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

餅網 (grill or grate for toasting rice cakes), 軋む (to creak, to grate, to jar), 火皿 (chafing dish, fire grate, pipe bowl), 火床 (fire bed, fire grate). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きしむ (to creak, to grate, to jar), ひざら (chafing dish, fire grate, pipe bowl), ひどこ (fire bed, fire grate), もちあみ (grill or grate for toasting rice cakes). (various references)

Korean 

거슬리는 소리. (various references)

Manx

screebey (abrade, abrasion, chafe, claw, dress, friction, graze, itch, rasp, scrape, scrape along, scraping, scratch, scrawl, scuffle, stridulate, striking), jeestyrnee (creaking, squeaking), cur cleeah er (darn, lattice), cleeah (criss-cross, darn, fret, grating, grid, lattice, school of fish, staff, stave, stretcher, wicker), clean aile (brazier, hearth). (various references)

Norwegian

gitter (grid, lattice), skurre, rive, rist (grill), raspe. (various references)

Pig Latin

ategray.(various references)

Portuguese

raspar (abrade, bark, blot, bream, delete, erase, fray, rasp, rub, scrabble, scrape, scrape off, scratch, scuff, shave, skive, strike out), ranger (chatter, chirk, creak, dodder, gnash, gride, grind, grit, jar, screak, scroop), ralar (rasp), grelha (broiler, fire-pan, grid, gridiron, grill, roaster, screen), grade (drag, dunnage, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grille, harrow, lattice, rail, railing, screen). (various references)

Romanian

grilaj (grid, gridiron, grill, grille, rack, rail, railing), grãtar (grid, gridiron, grill, rack, roast), zãbrele (grating, lattice, rail, trellis-work), vatrã (fireplace, hearth, home, house, rabble), scrâşni (gnash, gride, grit), rade (contuse, efface, erase, obliterate, pare, rasp, raze, scrape, shave), rãzui (abrade, erase, grind, rasp, raze, regrate, scrape, scratch), râcâi (scrape, scratch), jigni (aggrieve, cut, Harrow, hit, hurt, injure, insult, mortify, offend, pique, touch, vex, wrong), hârşâi (scrape, scratch), hârâi (growl, snore, wheeze), freca (chafe, contuse, fret, grease, rub, rub on, rub over, scrub, slate), cãmin (chimney, fireplace, fireside, hearth, home, hostel, mantelpiece, rest), şoca (scandalize, shock), avea un efect iritant. (various references)

Russian 

решетка (bar, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grillage, grille, lattice, latticework, rack, trellis), растирать (chafe, knead, pulverize), раздражать (acerbate, annoy, exacerbate, exasperate, gall, get in smb.'s hair, get on one's nerves, innervate, irk, irritate, jar, madden, peeve, put out, rasp, rile, roil, ruffle), тереть решетка, тереть на терке (rasp), тереть (chafe, rub, rubbed, rubbing), каминная решетка (fender, fire screen, fire-guard), камин (fire place, fireplace, fire-place, hearth, mantelpiece), грохот (bolt, clatter, crash, cribble, crush, din, noise, peal, rattle, screen, thunder). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

škripav (creaky, rasping, scrannel, scratchy, squeaky), škripati (bleep, crackle, creak, gride, grit, rasp, scrape, screak, scroop, squeak), škripa (crackle, creak, creaking, gride, jar, scroop, squeak). (various references)

Spanish

parrilla (broiler, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grillroom, shelf, steakhouse, trattoria). (various references)

Swedish

rost (blight, canker, mildew, rust, smut), riva (claw, knock down, ravel, rip, rub, scratch, tear, tear down, wreck), gnissla (chirp, creak, jangle, jar, screech, squeak), galler (bars, gaul, grating, grid, grill, lattice, trellis). (various references)

Turkish

gıcırdatmak (chatter, gnash, grind, grit, jar, scrape, screech), gıcırdamak (clack, creak, gnash, grit, groan, jar, rustle, squeak, squeal), gıcık etmek (annoy, irritate, rub smb. up the wrong way, ruffle smb.'s temper), sinirlendirmek (aggravate, anger, annoy, bugger, disconcert, exacerbate, fret, get smb.'s dander up, get smb.'s shirt out, give the willies, incense, irritate, jangle smb.'s nerves, make angry, needle, put smb. out of temper, rile, rough the wrong way, ruffle smb.'s temper, stimulate, string up, unnerve, unstring), rendelemek (plane, shave), pencere demiri, ocak (cooker, fire, fireplace, furnace, hearth, Jan, January, oven, range, seed plot, seedbed, stove), kalbur (riddle, screen, sieve), demir parmaklık, şömine (fireplace), ızgara (broiler, grating, grid, gridiron, grill, grille, grilled, grilled meat, griller, riffle), ızdırap vermek. (various references)

Turkmen 

gyrmak (kill), sьяkemek (rub), oяkamak (grind, rub). (various references)

Ukrainian

решітка (grill, grille, rack), терти (beat, chafe, fridge, rasp, rub, scrub), камін (chimney, fireplace, mantel), затуляти решіткою. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vỉ lò. (various references)

Welsh

gra+t, rhygnu (harp, jar, rub). (various references)

concrepabunt, cratis, stridebant, stridebit, stridebo, stridebunt, stridet, stridor, stridunt. (various references)

grata. (various references)

grater. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "grate": grated, grateful, gratefuller, gratefullest, gratefully, gratefulness, gratefulnesses, grater, graters, grates. (additional references)

Words ending with "grate": deflagrate, denigrate, disintegrate, emigrate, immigrate, ingrate, integrate, migrate, photodisintegrate, redintegrate, regrate, reintegrate, transmigrate. (additional references)

Words containing "grate": deflagrated, deflagrates, denigrated, denigrates, disintegrated, disintegrates, emigrated, emigrates, immigrated, immigrates, ingrates, integrated, integrates, migrated, migrates, nonintegrated, photodisintegrated, photodisintegrates, redintegrated, redintegrates, regrated, regrates, reintegrated, reintegrates, transmigrated, transmigrates, ungrateful, ungratefully, ungratefulness, ungratefulnesses, unintegrated. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Grate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Agrate, frate, garat, Garet, garrate, gart, garte, garten, gata, gaten, gatey, gato, gatte, gatto, girate, Goate, grae, Graet, grafe, grafte, grage, graie, grait, graite, grake, granta, grante, grart, grashof, grat, grata, graten, grath, grati, gratia, gratix, Grats, gratta, gratte, Grattet, Gratzel, Graue, grayt, greate, greatey, grere, greten, gretl, grette, grite, griti, gritie, grito, Gritok, grittel, gritten, groet, Grota, Grothe, groti, grotte, grte, grtt, grutte, Gtatc, guate, Igartua, igrate, Rgdata. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: great, retag, targe, terga.

-1 letter: ager, gate, gear, geta, grat, rage, rate, tare, tear.

-2 letters: age, are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, erg, eta, gae, gar, gat, get, rag, rat, reg, ret, tae, tag, tar, tea, teg.

-3 letters: ae, ag, ar, at, er, et, re, ta.

+1 letter: aigret, argent, ergate, gaiter, garget, garnet, garote, garret, garter, gaster, gather, grated, grater, grates, greats, gyrate, orgeat, parget, retags, rugate, stager, tagger, targes, target, tergal, triage.

+2 letters: agentry, aigrets, argents, cartage, cigaret, dragnet, engraft, ergates, etagere, fagoter, frigate, gagster, gaiters, gargets, gargety, garment, garnets, garoted, garotes, garotte, garrets, garrote, garters, gasters, gastrea, gathers, gaunter, gloater, gradate, grafted, grafter, granite, granted, grantee, granter, graters, gratine, gravest, grayest, greaten, greater, greatly, gyrated, gyrates, ingrate, largest, legator, margent, migrate, negater, negator, orgeats, outrage, pargets, portage, ragtime, reagent, regatta, regmata, regnant, regraft, regrant, regrate, restage, rootage, seagirt, stagers, stagger, stagier, storage, strange, taggers, tanager, tangier, tangler, targets, teargas, tearing, tegular, tragedy, trepang, triaged, triages, twanger, virgate.