Definition of grate

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Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.

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In- :: In- (prep.) A prefix from Eng. prep. in, also from Lat. prep. in, meaning in, into, on, among; as, inbred, inborn, inroad; incline, inject, intrude. In words from the Latin, in- regularly becomes il- before l, ir- before r, and im- before a labial; as, illusion, irruption, imblue, immigrate, impart. In- is sometimes used with an simple intensive force..
Migrate :: Migrate (v. i.) To remove from one country or region to another, with a view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain; to migrate to the West..
Integrate :: Integrate (v. t.) To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time..
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..
Denigrate :: Denigrate (v. t.) Fig.: To blacken or sully; to defame.
Coop :: Coop (n.) An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry..
Disintegrate :: Disintegrate (v. t.) To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences..
Ungrateful :: Ungrateful (a.) Not grateful; not thankful for favors; making no returns, or making ill return for kindness, attention, etc.; ingrateful..
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
Ingratitude :: Ingratitude (n.) Want of gratitude; insensibility to, forgetfulness of, or ill return for, kindness or favors received; unthankfulness; ungratefulness..
Rusk :: Rusk (n.) Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar..
Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
Stoker :: Stokehole (n.) The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand..
Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful..
Disintegrable :: Disintegrable (a.) Capable of being disintegrated, or reduced to fragments or powder..
Cachiri :: Cachiri (n.) A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry..
Regrate :: Regrate (v. t.) To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance..
Deflagrate :: Deflagrate (v. t.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame..
Transmigrator :: Transmigrator (n.) One who transmigrates.
Commigrate :: Commigrate (v. i.) To migrate together.
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