grate
A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while…A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
» Tom grated the cheese.
Tom rieb den Käse.
Meaning
3 sensesA horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
Rost, Gitter
решёткаrešótka, се́ткаsétka
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
(historical)A grapper, a metal ring on a lance behind the grip.
Examples
41 sentencesTom grated the cheese.
deTom rieb den Käse. — Waldelfe
Do we have grated cheese?
ruУ нас есть тёртый сыр? — odexed
Tom's whole manner grates on me.
Томова манера триматися мене дратує. — deniko
Tom's wide-eyed optimism is beginning to grate on my nerves.
Наївний оптимізм Тома починає діяти мені на нерви. — deniko
Grate the cheese.
ruНатрите сыр. — Wezel
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; orFrom Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
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