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Meaning of grate
noun
- A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot Example: The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
- A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning
verb
- To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars Example: to grate a window
verb
- To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater Example: I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
- To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something Example: Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
- (by extension) to get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy Example: She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
- (by extension) to annoy
adjective
- Serving to gratify; agreeable.
adjective
- Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big. Example: A great storm is approaching our shores.
- Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. Example: the great auk
- (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms] Example: great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather
- (followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of. Example: great with child
- (except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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