to grate
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6.2
- verb
- /ɡreɪt/
- The builder will grate the fireplace to ensure it burns efficiently.
- a grated window
- an iron-grated window
- a grated door
Examples
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Before winter, they plan to grate the new vents so smoke can escape safely.
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He decided to grate the metal frame to fit snugly in the opening.
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The top of the ship is nearly level with a grated platform that runs the length of the bay.
Fiction book (1997) -
The driver needed only to flip a switch to lock the doors, and there was a grated partition between us.
Fiction book (2002) -
Soon after, as the wrought-iron grated door opened, I saw a lofty figure.
Fiction book (1995) -
He leaned against the iron-grated gate and looked out at the hot sand.
Fiction book (1998) -
Goodspeed moves under the grated, multi-level structure of China Alley. He looks up through the grate.
Fiction book (1996) -
It slips from A.J.'s hand and falls through the grated floor, pinging off the rig's steel pylons, 100 feet into the sea below.
Fiction book (1998) -
Treated wastewater from the city of Princeton's wastewater treatment plant flows out through a grated pipe and into this stretch of the Rum River, located about a mile south of the Princeton Golf Course.
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Synonyms
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7.3
To cover something with thin strips so air or light can pass
Surface Forms
Etymology
The sense of grate meaning 'to furnish with a grate' comes from the noun grate, the metal frame, so to grate a fireplace is simply to fit it with that frame. This links the verb directly to the object it adds or fixes.