meaning of grate7

1. Serving to gratify; agreeable.
2.
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.
3.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
4.
To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
5.
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.
6.
To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
7.
To fret; to irritate; to offend.
8.
To make a harsh sound by friction.
9.
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.
10.
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire


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