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What does grate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word grate? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A horizontal metal grill through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
  2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
Verb
  1. (transitive, cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
  2. (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
  3. (by extension, intransitive) To grate on one’s nerves; to irritate or annoy.
  4. (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To annoy.
Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
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