Antonyms for grate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : greyt

Phonetic Transcription : greɪt

Definition of grate

Origin : late 14c., "grill for cooking;" early 15c., "iron bars or cagework across a door or windows," from Anglo-Latin (mid-14c.), from Old French grate or directly from Medieval Latin grata "lattice," from Latin cratis "wickerwork, hurdle" (see hurdle). As a verb meaning "to fit with a grate," from mid-15c. Related: Grated; grating.

verb shred, grind down
verb irritate

Example sentences :

Here, take this seat,' and he moved a great chair close to the grate.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

Mr Verloc mumbled, with his nose over the grate, and with marked unwillingness.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

She glanced all round the parlour, from the corner cupboard to the good fire in the grate.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Then weigh three quarters of a pound, and grate it into a dish.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Bake the pudding an hour, and grate nutmeg over it when done.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Another way is to grate some bread, or to grate or pound a few crackers.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Cut up and wash a cocoa-nut, and grate as much of it as will weigh a pound.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Stir in sufficient loaf-sugar to sweeten it, and grate some nutmeg into it.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Then pour it warm into your glasses, and grate some nutmeg over each.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

There was a fire in the grate, as there had been night and day for fifteen years.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for grate

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