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.
