- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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