Definizione monolingua

grate

grate (third-person singular simple present grates, present participle grating, simple past and past participle grated)

1. (transitive, cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.

   I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.

2. (intransitive) To rub against, making a (usually unpleasant) squeaking sound.

   Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.

   The chalk grated against the board.

   • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

     The gate suddenly grated. It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.

3. (by extension) To grate on one’s nerves; to irritate or annoy.

   She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate on my nerves if there is no-one else to talk to.

grate (plural grates)

1. A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

   The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.

grate f.

1. Feminine plural form of grato

gr?t? (comparative gr?tius, superlative gr?tissim?)

1. gladly, willingly
2. gratefully, thankfully

Definizione dizionario grate

	grattugia
	a horizontal metal grille

cigolare

crocchiare

digrignare

grata

gratella

graticola

grattare

grattugiare

griglia

inferriata

stridere

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To rub against, such as grating one’s teeth.

A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

Metal framework which holds burning fuel.

shred

rub against

irritate

(by extension) To grate on one’s nerves; to irritate or annoy.

(transitive, cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.