grate

Definition:
1. To rub food against a grater in order to cut it into small pieces.
2. A metal frame for holding the wood or coal in a fireplace.

Use 'grate' in a sentence:

• 1. His chair grated as he got to his feet.
• 2. What truly grates is the painful banter.
• 3. And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
• 4. A wood fire burned in the grate.
• 5. Grate a tablespoonful of fresh ginger into a pan.
• 6. The janitor eyes the grate briefly, then turns and leaves.
• 7. I'll dish up and you can grate the Parmesan.
• 8. The shrilling of the cicadas grated on my ears.
• 9. It grated with him when people implied he wasn't really British.
• 10. Add the grated cheese to the sauce.
• 11. Grate garlic and add it into the mincemeat.
• 12. Grate the cheese into a mixing bowl.
• 13. He walks to a garbage can located near the grate where Michael had been dumping corrosive chemicals.
• 14. That said the default tray icon might grate on those who take pride in their desktops' appearance.
• 15. She recognized the grating voice of Dr. Sarnoff.
• 16. There were red coals in the grate.
• 17. She exits the exam room and Lincoln turns to look at the grate again.
• 18. Her voice really grates on me.
• 19. Cool air whooshes up through the grates on the street.
• 20. Girls placed hazel nuts along the front of the fire grate, each one to symbolize one of her suitors.
• 21. Turn the burner off once the milk is boiling, but leave the saucepan on the element or gas grate.
• 22. The grit beneath her soles grated harshly on the wooden deck.
• 23. Then, after taping and painting, screw a “return air” grate over the opening to conceal it but still have access.
• 24. Such expressions rather grate on me.
• 25. Study on Fiber Grating Temperature Sensor Technology in Airborne Environment.
• 26. This doesn't have the same grating quality as "Thanks!" The added "you" softens3 it.
• 27. Robina struck a match and held it to the crumpled newspaper in the grate.
• 28. Their adverts may grate, but insurance comparison websites have killed one of the most tedious annual chores.
• 29. Smiley face Emoticons are increasingly accepted, though some people find them grating.
• 30. Finely grate about a teaspoon of orange zest and put aside.
• 31. The cheery quality of Ford's voice was beginning to grate on the barman's ears.
• 32. "Aye, that I do," answered Martha, cheerfully polishing away at the grate.
• 33. Be well Some people find this grating. Not appropriate for a business email.
• 34. But for much of the rest of Japan his tone had begun to grate badly.
• 35. Wearing heels also creates the threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate and being thrown to the ground—possibly breaking a nose, back, or neck.
• 36. He casts an urgent glance at the drainage grate beneath the sink.
• 37. Grate garlic and add it to the mincemeat.
• 38. The grating protected a window in the men's room.
• 39. Various grating parameters on the performance are also discussed.
• 40. Under the grate in the floor they stand on, Michael dangles from the rope, watching the guards in a tense silence.
• 41. “I wore them once when I dropped the kids off, and got my heel stuck in the grate, ” she sighed.
• 42. "Who is it?" A man's low, garbled voice asked through the speaker grate.
• 43. He rolls on his side and sees the grate under the sink.
• 44. I know it shouldn't grate on me but it does.
• 45. This is the reflection of trees in a rusting grate in a park near Chiang Mai train station in Thailand.
• 46. “I wore them once when I dropped the kids off, and got my heel stuck in the grate,” she sighed.
• 47. Polish charges of EU egotism can grate.
• 48. His manner always grated on me.
• 49. Martha began to rub her grate again.
• 50. To lure him away from the stove, I piled up parsley for him to chop or cheese for him to grate at the other end of the kitchen island.
• 51. Grate some mature cheddar cheese.
• 52. He grated his knife across the plate.
• 53. Coconut milk is expressed from grated coconuts.
• 54. There was a fire in the grate.
• 55. Put the ginger in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer, grate it as needed.
• 56. The rusty hinges grated as the gate swung back.
• 57. Add the grated orange rind and toss the apple slices in the mixture.