Definition of grate

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Grate (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..

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Caries :: Caries (n.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses..
Deintegrate :: Deintegrate (v. t.) To disintegrate.
Grate :: Grate (v. i.) To make a harsh sound by friction.
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Transmigrator :: Transmigrator (n.) One who transmigrates.
Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship..
Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) To clear by means of a slice bar, as a fire or the grate bars of a furnace..
Grated :: Grated (a.) Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows..
Disintegrate :: Disintegrate (v. i.) To decompose into integrant parts; as, chalk rapidly disintegrates..
Ungrateful :: Ungrateful (a.) Unpleasing; unacceptable; disagreeable; as, harsh sounds are ungrateful to the ear..
Flit :: Flit (v. i.) To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate..
Ottawas :: Ottawas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who, when first known, lived on the Ottawa River. Most of them subsequently migrated to the southwestern shore of Lake Superior..
Rasp :: Rasp (v. t.) To rub or file with a rasp; to rub or grate with a rough file; as, to rasp wood to make it smooth; to rasp bones to powder..
Transmigrate :: Transmigrate (v. i.) To pass from one country or jurisdiction to another for the purpose of residence, as men or families; to migrate..
Grate :: Grate (a.) Serving to gratify; agreeable.
Redemptioner :: Redemptioner (n.) Formerly, one who, wishing to emigrate from Europe to America, sold his services for a stipulated time to pay the expenses of his passage..
Ingrate :: Ingrate (n.) An ungrateful person.
Grated :: Grated (imp. & p. p.) of Grat.
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