Definition of grate

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Grate (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.

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Grate :: Grate (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.
Ingrate :: Ingrate (n.) An ungrateful person.
Colonize :: Colonize (v. t.) To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in.
Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
Toothsome :: Toothsome (a.) Grateful to the taste; palatable.
Molecule :: Molecule (n.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as, a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom..
Rasp :: Rasp (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper..
Ingrateful :: Ingrateful (a.) Ungrateful; thankless; unappreciative.
Immigrated :: Immigrated (imp. & p. p.) of Immigrat.
Deflagrated :: Deflagrated (imp. & p. p.) of Deflagrat.
Stoker :: Stokehole (n.) The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand..
Luscious :: Luscious (a.) Sweet; delicious; very grateful to the taste; toothsome; excessively sweet or rich.
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Disintegrate :: Disintegrate (v. i.) To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To extend so as to cover something; to extend to a great or grater extent in every direction; to cause to fill or cover a wide or wider space.
Sweet :: Sweet (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life..
Flight :: Flight (n.) A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows..
Emigrate :: Emigrate (v. i.) To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home..
Denigrate :: Denigrate (v. t.) Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
Rub :: Rub (v. i.) To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost..
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