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French
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grille
, râper
, faire grincer
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Grate
- (v. i.) 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.
- (v. t.) To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
- (v. t.) To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.
- (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.
- (n.) A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- (n.) 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.
- (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
- (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
- (a.) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Synonyms:
Fret, Grating, Grind, Rankle, Scrape,
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• Grater
- (a.) One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
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• Grateful
- (a.) Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.
- (a.) Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart.
Synonyms:
Thankful,
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