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grate
noun
1 grate
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
synonym: grating.
Roget 386:
furnace,
stove,
kiln,
oven;
cracker;
hearth,
focus,
combustion chamber;
athanor†,
hypocaust†,
reverberatory;
volcano;
forge,
fiery furnace;
limekiln;
Dutch oven;
tuyere,
brasier†,
salamander,
heater,
warming pan;
boiler,
caldron,
seething caldron,
pot;
urn,
kettle;
chafing-dish;
retort,
crucible,
alembic,
still;
waffle irons;
muffle furnace,
induction furnace;
electric heater,
electric furnace,
electric resistance heat.
[steel-making furnace]
open-hearth furnace.
fireplace,
gas fireplace;
coal fire,
wood fire;
fire-dog,
fire-irons;
grate,
range,
kitchener;
caboose,
camboose†;
poker,
tongs,
shovel,
ashpan,
hob,
trivet;
andiron,
gridiron;
ashdrop;
frying-pan,
stew-pan,
backlog.
[area near a fireplace]
hearth,
inglenook.
[residential heating methods]
oil burner,
gas burner,
Franklin stove,
pot-bellied stove;
wood-burning stove;
central heating,
steam heat,
hot water heat,
gas heat,
forced hot air,
electric heat,
heat pump;
solar heat,
convective heat.
hothouse,
bakehouse†,
washhouse†;
laundry;
conservatory;
sudatory†;
Turkish bath,
Russian bath,
vapor bath,
steam bath,
sauna,
warm bath;
vaporarium†.
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Dutch: rooster
Polish: ruszt
2 grate
A harsh rasping sound made by scraping something.
3 grate
A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
synonym: grating.
Polish: kratownica, krata
verb
1 grate
Furnish with a grate.
Roget 410:
creak,
grate,
jar,
burr,
pipe,
twang,
jangle,
clank,
clink;
scream
etc.
(cry)
411;
yelp
etc.
(animal sound)
412;
buzz
etc.
(hiss)
409.
set the teeth on edge,
corcher les oreilles [Fr.];
pierce the ears,
split the ears,
split the head;
offend the ear,
grate upon the ear,
jar upon the ear.
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2 grate
Gnaw into; make resentful or angry.
synonyms: eat into, fret, rankle.
Roget 378:
feel pain,
experience pain,
suffer pain,
undergo pain
etc.
n.;
suffer,
ache,
smart,
bleed;
tingle,
shoot;
twinge,
twitch,
lancinate†;
writhe,
wince,
make a wry face;
sit on thorns,
sit on pins and needles.
give pain,
inflict pain;
lacerate;
pain,
hurt,
chafe,
sting,
bite,
gnaw,
gripe;
pinch,
tweak;
grate,
gall,
fret,
prick,
pierce,
wring,
convulse;
torment,
torture;
rack,
agonize;
crucify;
cruciate†,
excruciate†;
break on the wheel,
put to the rack;
flog
etc.
(punish)
972;
grate on the ear
etc.
(harsh sound)
410.
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Dutch: knagen, steken, irriteren
3 grate
Reduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface.
Dutch: op de zenuwen werken
4 grate
Make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together:
— Grate one's teeth in anger.
synonym: grind.
Dutch: schuren, irriteren, malen
5 grate
Scratch repeatedly.
synonym: scrape.
Roget 330:
come to dust;
be disintegrated,
be reduced to powder
&c..
reduce to powder,
grind to powder;
pulverize,
comminute,
granulate,
triturate,
levigate†;
scrape,
file,
abrade,
rub down,
grind,
grate,
rasp,
pound,
bray,
bruise;
contuse,
contund†;
beat,
crush,
cranch†,
craunch†,
crunch,
scranch†,
crumble,
disintegrate;
attenuate
etc.
195.
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Moby thesaurus: ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, andiron, annoy, arabesque, atomize, bark, basketry, basketwork, beat, bite, bolter, bray, brecciate, burn, burn up, cancellation, chafe, chain, clash, coal tongs, colander, comminute, conflict, contriturate, convulse, crane, craunch, crook, cross-hatching, crossing-out, crucify, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, cut, damper, disintegrate, distress, erase, erode, exacerbate, excruciate, fester, file, filigree, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, flour, fragment, fray, frazzle, fret, fretwork, gall, get, give pain, gnaw, gnaw away, grain, granulate, granulize, grate on, grating, gravel, graze, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, grille, griller, grillwork, grind, grind to powder, gripe, grit, hachure, harrow, hatching, hit a clinker, hurt, inflame, inflict pain, interlacement, intertexture, intertwinement, irk, irritate, jangle, jar, jostle, kill by inches, lace, lacerate, lacery, lacework, lacing, lattice, latticework, levigate, lifter, martyr, martyrize, mash, mesh, meshes, meshwork, mill, net, netting, nettle, network, nip, pain, peeve, pester, pestle, pierce, pinch, pique, plexure, plexus, poker, pothook, pound, powder, prick, prolong the agony, provoke, pulverize, put to torture, rack, raddle, rankle, rasp, raze, reduce to powder, reticle, reticulation, reticule, reticulum, riddle, rile, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, salamander, scour, scranch, scrape, scratch, screech, screen, screening, scrub, scrunch, scuff, set on edge, shard, shred, sieve, sifter, skin, smash, sorter, spit, squash, stab, sting, stridulate, texture, tissue, tongs, torment, torture, tracery, trellis, trelliswork, tripod, triturate, trivet, turnspit, tweak, twist, unstring, untune, vex, wattle, wear, wear away, weave, weaving, web, webbing, webwork, weft, wicker, wickerwork, wound, wring ... show more.
grated
adjective
Roget 219:
crossing
etc.
v.;
crossed,
matted
&c.,
v..
transverse.
cross,
cruciform,
crucial;
retiform†,
reticular,
reticulated;
areolar†,
cancellated†,
grated,
barred,
streaked;
textile;
crossbarred†,
cruciate†,
palmiped†,
secant;
web-footed.
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Moby thesaurus: barred, branny, cancellated, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, crossbarred, crushed, detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dusty, efflorescent, farinaceous, filigreed, fine, flaky, floury, furfuraceous, gone to dust, gridded, ground, impalpable, laced, lacelike, lacy, latticelike, levigated, mealy, meshed, meshy, milled, mullioned, netlike, netted, netty, pestled, plexiform, powdered, powdery, pulverant, pulverized, pulverulent, reduced to powder, reticular, reticulate, reticulated, retiform, scaly, scobicular, sharded, shredded, streaked, striped, triturated ... show more.
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