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grate | grateful |

As adjectives the difference between grate and grateful

is that grate is serving to gratify; agreeable while grateful is showing appreciation, being thankful.

As a noun grate

is a horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.

As a verb grate

is to furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.

grate

English

Etymology 1

(lena) grata, from (etyl) word for a hurdle; or (etyl) grata, of the same origin.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
    • The grate stopped the sheep from escaping from their field.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a secret grate of iron bars
  • A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning.
    • Synonyms
    * grille

    Verb

  • To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
    • to grate a window

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Etymology] of kradse in [[:w:da:ODS, ODS] and Danish kratte.

    Verb

  • (cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
  • To rub against, making a (usually unpleasant) squeaking sound.
  • * 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part 3 Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • The gate suddenly grated . It was Lestiboudois; he came to fetch his spade, that he had forgotten. He recognised Justin climbing over the wall, and at last knew who was the culprit who stole his potatoes.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}
  • (by extension) To ; to irritate or annoy.
  • (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To annoy.
  • * Shakespeare
    • News, my good lord Rome grates me.
    Derived terms
    * grater * grating * gratings * grate upon

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Serving to gratify; agreeable.

    • References

    Anagrams

    * ----

    grateful

    English

    (Gratitude)

    Alternative forms

    * gratefull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Showing appreciation, being thankful.
    • I'm grateful that you helped me out.
    I'm grateful to you for helping me out
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 5 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Carroll thought he had equalised with his header against the bar with eight minutes left. Liverpool claimed the ball had cross the line and Chelsea were grateful for a miraculous intervention from Cech to turn his effort on to the woodwork.}}
  • Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
  • Pleasing, welcome.
  • * Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Skeleton in Armor :
    • Fell I upon my spear, / Oh, death was grateful !
  • * Herman Melville, Omoo
    • grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired.

    Synonyms

    * thankful * appreciative

    Antonyms

    * ungrateful

    Derived terms

    * gratefulness

    Related terms

    * gratitude

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