verb
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To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
example
to grate a window
verb
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To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
example
I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
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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.
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(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.
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(by extension) to annoy
noun
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A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
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A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
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The loose material that comes from something being grated.
example
Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
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An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
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(in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
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The sound made by something that grates against something else.
adjective
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(typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.
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Abrasive; tending to annoy.