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# grate

verb (grate, grates, grated, grating); noun (a grate, grates)

«grate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To rub food such as cheese or carrot against a tool with sharp holes so it falls off in thin strips or tiny bits. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m1)
2. A metal frame that holds the coal or wood in a fireplace. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m2)
3. A metal frame with gaps that covers a drain or hole in the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m3)
4. To make a harsh, unpleasant scraping sound, or to annoy someone («it grates on me»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#m4)

### In the lessons

In cooking lessons and recipes: «grate the cheese», «finely grated», «grated carrot». In safety: keep fingers away from the sharp side, and do not drop things through a drain grate. In stories, a voice or sound that «grates» is harsh and unpleasant, and something that «grates on your nerves» annoys you again and again.

### Examples

- Can you grate some cheese for the pizza? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x1)
- Mum grated a carrot into the salad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x2)
- Be careful not to grate your knuckles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x3)
- The fire was burning in the grate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x4)
- My key fell through the drain grate in the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x5)
- The old gate grated on its rusty hinges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x6)
- His loud chewing really grates on me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x7)
- Add two cups of grated cheese to the bowl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x8)
- There is no fire in the grate, and hunger has made him faint.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/#x9)

### Note

Homophone: «great» (very good, very big) sounds the same as «grate». «Grated» = rubbed into bits; «grateful» = thankful (a different word that only looks related). Past «grated». A «grate» in a fireplace is countable: «a grate, two grates».

## In Jewish tradition

It was a bronze grating of the altar in the Tabernacle, with four rings for the carrying poles.

**Interpretation.** Some commentators say the grating let the fire's air and ashes pass through. Others say it held the wood and the offerings.

### Examples

- the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.39.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grate/#x1)
- the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base; (Torah EXO.35.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grate/#x2)
- And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be holders for the staves. (Torah EXO.38.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grate/#x3)

### Note

Homophone: «great» (very good, very big) sounds the same as «grate». «Grated» = rubbed into bits; «grateful» = thankful (a different word that only looks related). Past «grated». A «grate» in a fireplace is countable: «a grate, two grates».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «grate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/grate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/grate.html) on Mova free.