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Meaning Of Grate
a.
Serving to gratify; agreeable.
n.
A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars,
with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows
of prisons and cloisters.
n.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding
fuel while burning.
v. t.
To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or
crossbars; as, to grate a window.
v. t.
To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another,
causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh
sound) by rubbing.
v. t.
To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything
rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
v. t.
To fret; to irritate; to offend.
v. i.
To make a harsh sound by friction.
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.