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- English Word Grate Definition Serving to gratify; agreeable.
- English Word Grate Definition A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters.
- English Word Grate Definition A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
- English Word Grate Definition To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
- English Word Grate Definition To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing.
- English Word Grate Definition To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
- English Word Grate Definition To fret; to irritate; to offend.
- English Word Grate Definition To make a harsh sound by friction.
- English Word Grate Definition To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity.
- English Word Grated Definition of Grate
- English Word Grated Definition Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows.
- English Word Grateful Definition Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart.
- English Word Grateful Definition Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.
- English Word Grater Definition One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
- English Word Graticulation Definition The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.
- English Word Graticule Definition A design or draught which has been divided into squares, in order to reproduce it in other dimensions.
- English Word Gratification Definition The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
- English Word Gratification Definition That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
- English Word Gratification Definition A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
- English Word Gratified Definition of Gratify
- English Word Gratifier Definition One who gratifies or pleases.
- English Word Gratify Definition To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
- English Word Gratify Definition To requite; to recompense.
- English Word Gratifying Definition of Gratify
- English Word Grating Definition of Grate
- English Word Grating Definition A partition, covering, or frame of parallel or cross bars; a latticework resembling a window grate; as, the grating of a prison or convent.
- English Word Grating Definition A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating.
- English Word Grating Definition The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable Lattice used for the flooring of boats.
- English Word Grating Definition That grates; making a harsh sound; harsh.
- English Word Grating Definition A harsh sound caused by attrition.