grate

1. a. Serving to gratify; agreeable. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. Source: opted

4. v. t. To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. v. t. To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg. Source: opted

7. v. t. To fret; to irritate; to offend. Source: opted

8. v. i. To make a harsh sound by friction. Source: opted

9. 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. Source: opted

10. n. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire Source: wordnet

11. n. a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something Source: wordnet

12. n. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air Source: wordnet

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