Synonym: annoy, file, get on one's nerves, grillwork, grind, irritate, pulverize, rasp, rub the wrong way, scrape, scratch. Similar words: grate on, grateful, integrate, immigrate, denigrate, integrated, congratulate, gratify. Meaning: [greɪt] 
n. 1. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire 2. a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something 3. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. v. 1. furnish with a grate 2. gnaw into; make resentful or angry 3. reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface 4. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 5. scratch repeatedly.
n. 1. a frame of iron bars to hold a fire 2. a harsh rasping sound made by scraping something 3. a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air. v. 1. furnish with a grate 2. gnaw into; make resentful or angry 3. reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface 4. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together 5. scratch repeatedly. 
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31. There sat Mary, by the empty grate!
32. Grate some mature cheddar cheese.
33. She started to grate the cheese.
34. A welcoming fire flickered in the grate.
35. There are certain things that grate upon us.
36. A fire burned in a copper grate.
37. Or grate the rind on to small pieces of freezer film; wrap tightly, then place in a polythene bag.
38. When he was angry then the Yorkshire surfaced again in his voice, the grate of the harsh streets of Leeds.
39. Grate apple and stir into mixture immediately to prevent the apple from browning.
40. Grate the remaining white chocolate and roll the white truffles in it.
41. Dad sat poking the dead ashes in the grate and sucking on his empty clay pipe.
42. His ring sparkled on her finger, lit by the flames of a fire in the grate.
43. He was made to kneel down on the ground, his head over the grate.
44. But then she heard the barrel grate on the rocks and knew she was safe.
45. A roaring fire was in the grate and the room was pleasantly warm.
46. The fire was burning low in the grate and the kettle was cold on the hob.
47. Through the slate-floored living-room, with its exposed beams, open grate and massive heart-of-oak mantelpiece, was the kitchen.
48. Grate yellow rind of lemons, and finely chop the walnuts.
49. The fire crackled in the grate,(Sentencedict) its light competing with that of the little gas lamp.
50. She took the two halves of the letter away, tore them in fragments, and burned them in her grate.
51. In the meantime, grate the rind from one of the oranges and squeeze the juice from this and a second orange.
52. Coupled with this general trend, Belladonna's feather-headed approach to the music began to grate with the other members.
53. He hung it back in its place, then knelt to put screwed-up newspaper and kindling in the grate.
54. The office was a 2-bedroomed bungalow with a coal fire in the grate!
55. If you prefer a stronger flavour of onion, grate half a medium onion into the cottage cheese or fromage frais.
56. He broached the matter carefully while Marshall put a match to some logs in the grate.
57. Housekeeper and companion Muriel Fryatt was on her knees cleaning out a fire grate on the morning of February 6, 1952.
58. Grate the rind of the lime finely and squeeze the juice from the lime.
59. She picked up a brass poker and stirred up the fire which already burnt brightly in the grate.
60. Her eyes fell to the open fireplace, the large, gaping grate with its neat pile of sawn logs.
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