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to grate

to grate

46 2.3
Rub food on a rough surface to make small pieces
  • verb
  • /ɡreɪt/
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  • Just going to grate down a little bit of Parmesan here.
  • grate the cheese

You just do this and just grate it right on top like that.

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Examples

  • You want to beat them and also grate some parmesan.

  • You have to grate the cheese now.

    Yes, Giorgio (1982)

  • You just, you just grate it on there.

  • You just do this and just grate it right on top like that.

    Rosanna Pansino

  • Please sit on the top and we're going to grate some cheese.

  • And we just grate some of these and it gets thick like this.

  • But first, don't we have to grate them with onions?

  • We do not tell the chef how to slice the onions, grind the pepper, or grate the cheese.

    Academic text (1999)

  • So the first thing I've done is I've grated one entire apple into a bowl.

  • You need to grate the cheese before adding it to the pasta.

Synonyms

to scrape
vsto grate
62 1.2

To rub material off a surface with something hard or sharp

is specific to removing material rather than producing food shreds by rubbing
to grind
vsto grate
61 2.4

To crush something into powder by rubbing or pressing

reduces food to shreds by rubbing against a rough sharp surface
to mince
vsto grate
38 3.1

To cut food into very small pieces

reduces food by rubbing against a rough surface rather than cutting
to pulverize
vsto grate
  • US
8 7.4

To crush something into a fine powder

reduces food into shreds or powder by rubbing on a rough blade
to hash
vsto grate
1 2.7

To cut meat or potatoes into small pieces for cooking

reduces food by rubbing to form shreds or powder rather than chopped pieces

Antonyms

whole
∞ 1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

How Fine

to pulverize
  • US
8 7.4
to grate
46 2.3
shred
49 2.2
to chop
193 1.0
to slice
203 1.0

Surface Forms

grate infinitive
grated past
grated past participle
grating present participle
grates third person singular

Etymology

The cooking sense of grate comes from the idea of 'to scrape' food on a rough surface to make small pieces, as when you grate cheese. So to grate is to reduce food into shreds by rubbing it on something rough.