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# grate

«grate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To rub food such as cheese or carrot against a tool with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (grate, grates, grated, grating); noun (a grate, grates)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rub food such as cheese or carrot against a tool with sharp holes so it falls off in thin strips or tiny bits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m1)

2) A metal frame that holds the coal or wood in a fireplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m2)

3) A metal frame with gaps that covers a drain or hole in the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m3)

4) To make a harsh, unpleasant scraping sound, or to annoy someone («it grates on me»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking lessons and recipes: «grate the cheese», «finely grated», «grated carrot». In safety: keep fingers away from the sharp side, and do not drop things through a drain grate. In stories, a voice or sound that «grates» is harsh and unpleasant, and something that «grates on your nerves» annoys you again and again.

### examples

- Can you grate some cheese for the pizza? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x1)
- Mum grated a carrot into the salad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x2)
- Be careful not to grate your knuckles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x3)
- The fire was burning in the grate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x4)
- My key fell through the drain grate in the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x5)
- The old gate grated on its rusty hinges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x6)
- His loud chewing really grates on me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x7)
- Add two cups of grated cheese to the bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x8)
- There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x9)

### note

Homophone: «great» (very good, very big) sounds the same as «grate». «Grated» = rubbed into bits; «grateful» = thankful (a different word that only looks related). Past «grated». A «grate» in a fireplace is countable: «a grate, two grates».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.