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   grate

   /ɡreɪt/

   verb

   • 1. reduce (food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater: "peel and roughly grate the carrots" Similar shredrub into piecespulverizemincegrindgranulatecrushcrumblemashsmashfragmentmaceratetechnical:triturate
   • 2. make an unpleasant rasping sound: "the hinges of the door grated" Similar raspscrapejarscratchgrindrubdraggritsqueakscreechcreak
   • ▪ have an irritating effect: "the buzzing sound grated on her nerves" Similar irritateset someone's teeth on edgejarirkexasperateannoyvexnettlepeeverankleangerrub up the wrong waychafefreteat away atinformal:get on someone's nervesget under someone's skinrileaggravateget someone's goat

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French grater, of Germanic origin; related to German kratzen ‘to scratch’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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