intransitive verb. To reduce to fragments, shreds, or powder by rubbing against an abrasive surface.

intransitive verb. To cause to make a harsh grinding or rasping sound through friction.

intransitive verb. To irritate or annoy persistently.

intransitive verb. To rub or wear away.

intransitive verb. To make a harsh rasping sound.

intransitive verb. To cause irritation or annoyance.

noun. A harsh rasping sound made by scraping or rubbing.

noun. A framework of parallel or latticed bars for blocking an opening.

noun. A framework of metal bars used to hold fuel or food in a stove, furnace, or fireplace.

noun. A fireplace.

noun. A perforated iron plate or screen for sieving and grading crushed ore.

transitive verb. To equip with a grate.

noun. A grater.

To furnish with a grate or grates; fill in with cross-bars: as, to grate a window.

Pleasant; agreeable.

noun. A partition made with bars parallel to or crossing one another; a framework of bars in a door, window, hatchway, or other opening.

noun. A frame of metal bars in which fuel is burned, especially coal.

noun. The floor of a fire-box or furnace, formed of a series or group of bars; the bottom of a furnace, on which the fuel rests, and through which it is supplied with air.

noun. In metallurgy: A perforated metal plate used in the stamping of ores, through which the pounded ore passes.

noun. A screen.

noun. An ore-roasting furnace with a grate revolving horizontally.

To rub together or against strongly so as to produce a harsh scraping sound: as, to grate the teeth.

To reduce to small particles by rubbing or rasping with something rough or indented: as, to grate a nutmeg or the peel of a lemon.

To affect harshly and painfully, as if by abrasion; fret.

To produce a harsh or jarring sound of, as by the friction of rough bodies.

To scratch or scrape with; use for attrition or abrasion.

To make a harsh or rasping sound by friction or attrition; give out a scraping noise.

To produce a harsh impression; cause irritation or chafing.

adjective. Serving to gratify; agreeable.

transitive verb. To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; ; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.

transitive verb. To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented.

transitive verb. To fret; to irritate; to offend.

intransitive verb. To make a harsh sound by friction.

intransitive verb. 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.

noun. 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.

noun. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.

noun. the area of the surface of the grate upon which the fuel lies in the furnace.

transitive verb. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.

noun. A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

verb. To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.

verb. To rub against, making a (usually unpleasant) squeaking sound.

verb. To grate on one’s nerves; to irritate or annoy.

verb. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together

noun. a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something

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

verb. gnaw into; make resentful or angry

verb. scratch repeatedly

noun. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

verb. reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface

verb. furnish with a grate

"A moderate fire in the grate is the only mode of heating, and they seem quite oblivious to the danger of throwing a door open into a cold hall at one's back, while the servants pass in and out with the various courses at dinner."