grate

grate
Synonyms and related words:
ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, andiron, annoy, arabesque, atomize, bark, basketry, basketwork, beat, bite, bolter, bray, brecciate, burn, burn up, cancellation, chafe, chain, clash, coal tongs, colander, comminute, conflict, contriturate, convulse, crane, craunch, crook, cross-hatching, crossing-out, crucify, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cut, damper, disintegrate, distress, erase, erode, exacerbate, excruciate, fester, file, filigree, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, flour, fragment, fray, frazzle, fret, fretwork, gall, get, give pain, gnaw, gnaw away, grain, granulate, granulize, grate on, grating, gravel, graze, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, grille, griller, grillwork, grind, grind to powder, gripe, grit, hachure, harrow, hatching, hit a clinker, hurt, inflame, inflict pain, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, irk, irritate, jangle, jar, jostle, kill by inches, lace, lacerate, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, levigate, lifter, martyr, martyrize, mash, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mill, net, netting, nettle, network, nip, pain, peeve, pester, pestle, pierce, pinch, pique, plexure, plexus, poker, pothook, pound, powder, prick, prolong the agony, provoke, pulverize, put to torture, rack, raddle, rankle, rasp, raze, reduce to powder, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, rile, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, salamander, scour, scranch, scrape, scratch, screech, screen, screening, scrub, scrunch, scuff, set on edge, shard, shred, sieve, sifter, skin, smash, sorter, spit, squash, stab, sting, stridulate, texture, tissue, tongs, torment, torture, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, tripod, triturate, trivet, turnspit, tweak, twist, unstring, untune, vex, wattle, wear, wear away, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork, wound, wring

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  • Gräte — Gräte …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Grate — Grate, n. [LL. grata, fr. L. crates hurdle; or It. grata, of the same origin. Sae Crate, Hurdle.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Grate — Grate, v. t. [OF grater to scrape, scratch, F. gratter, LL. gratare, cratare; of German origin; cf. OHG. chrazz[=o]n G. kratzen, D. krassen, Sw. Kratta, and perh. E. scratch.] 1. To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grate — ‘framework for holding burning fuel’ [14] and grate ‘rub’ [15] are different words. The former comes via Old French grate ‘grille’ and Vulgar Latin *grāta from Latin crātis ‘wickerwork, hurdle’. Grate ‘rub’ is ultimately Germanic (its ultimate… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • grate — ‘framework for holding burning fuel’ [14] and grate ‘rub’ [15] are different words. The former comes via Old French grate ‘grille’ and Vulgar Latin *grāta from Latin crātis ‘wickerwork, hurdle’. Grate ‘rub’ is ultimately Germanic (its ultimate… …   Word origins

  • Grate — Grate, v. i. 1. To make a harsh sound by friction. [1913 Webster] I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, Or a dry wheel grate on the exletree. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Grate — Grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Grated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grating}.] To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gräte — Gräte: Die nhd. Form geht zurück auf gleichbed. mhd. græ̅te. Dieses Femininum entstand, indem aus mhd. græ̅te, dem Plural von maskulin mhd. grāt »Bergrücken; Rückgrat; Gräte; Spitze, Stachel; Ährenborste« (vgl. ↑ Grat), eine neue Einzahl… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • grate — Ⅰ. grate [1] ► VERB 1) reduce (food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater. 2) make an unpleasant rasping sound. 3) (often grate on) have an irritating effect. ORIGIN Old French grater. Ⅱ …   English terms dictionary

  • Grate — Grate, a. [L. gratus agreeable, grateful: cf. It. & Sp. grato. See Grace, and cf. Agree.] Serving to gratify; agreeable. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grate — [v1] shred, grind down abrade, bark, bray, file, fray, gall, mince, pound, pulverize, rasp, raze, rub, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, triturate; concepts 186,215 grate [v2] irritate aggravate, annoy, burn, chafe, exasperate, fret, gall, get on… …   New thesaurus

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