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

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019