MEANING
1. To scrape or rub with a harsh sound.
2. To shred material into small pieces by rubbing it against a toothed surface.
3. To cause irritation or annoyance.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- metal grates
- a grating sound
On the page
Metal grated against stone beyond the opening.
The mechanism grated as the damaged guide moved.
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Word forms
- Base
- grate
- Past tense
- grated
- Past participle
- grated
- Present participle
- grating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- grate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are grating
- Present perfect
- have/has grated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been grating
- Past
- grated
- Past continuous
- was/were grating
- Past perfect
- had grated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been grating
- Future
- will grate
- Future continuous
- will be grating
- Future perfect
- will have grated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been grating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: grate; grates; grated; grated; grating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: grates.
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