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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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..
Deflagrate :: Deflagrate (v. i.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt..
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.
Denigrate :: Denigrate (v. t.) To blacken thoroughly; to make very black.
Regrated :: Regrated (imp. & p. p.) of Regrat.
Ingrateful :: Ingrateful (a.) Unpleasing to the sense; distasteful; offensive.
Grit :: Grit (v. i.) To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind..
Thankless :: Thankless (a.) Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
Cachiri :: Cachiri (n.) A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry..
Agreeable :: Agreeable (a.) Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste..
Grit :: Grit (v. t.) To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth..
Sweet :: Sweet (n.) That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life..
Stoker :: Stokehole (n.) The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand..
Grate :: Grate (v. t.) To fret; to irritate; to offend.
Transcorporate :: Transcorporate (v. i.) To transmigrate.
Unkind :: Unkind (a.) Wanting in kindness, sympathy, benevolence, gratitude, or the like; cruel; harsh; unjust; ungrateful..
Demigrate :: Demigrate (v. i.) To emigrate.
Coop :: Coop (n.) An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry..
#NAME? :: -er () The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man..
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