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here | grate |

As a noun here

is a time.

As a verb grate is

to cry or weep.

here

English

(wikipedia here)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Adverb

(-)
  • (label) In, on, or at this place.
  • * 1849 , (Alfred Tennyson), , VII,
  • Dark house, by which once more I stand / Here in the long unlovely street,
  • * 2008 , (Omar Khadr), ,
  • The Canadian visitor stated, “I’m not here' to help you. I’m not '''here''' to do anything for you. I’m just ' here to get information.”
  • (label) To this place; used in place of the more dated hither.
  • * 1891 , (Charlotte Perkins Gilman), ,
  • He said we came here solely on my account, that I was to have perfect rest and all the air I could get.
  • (label) In this context.
  • * 1872 May, (Edward Burnett Tylor), '', published in ''(Popular Science Monthly) , Volume 1,
  • The two great generalizations which the veteran Belgian astronomer has brought to bear on physiological and mental science, and which it is proposed to describe popularly here , may be briefly defined:
  • * 1904 January 15, (William James), (The Chicago School)'', published in ''(Psychological Bulletin) , 1.1, pages 1-5,
  • The briefest characterization is all that will be attempted here .
  • At this point in the argument or narration.
  • * 1796 , (w), ,
  • Here , perhaps I ought to stop.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
  • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=“And drove away—away.” Sophia broke down here . Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
    Derived terms
    * hereabout * hereafter * hereaway * hereby * herein * hereinabove * hereinafter * hereinbefore * hereinbelow * hereof * hereon * hereto * heretofore * hereunder * hereunto * hereupon * herewith

    Noun

    (-)
  • (abstract) This place; this location.
  • An Alzheimer patient's here may in his mind be anywhere he called home in the time he presently re-lives.
  • (abstract) This time, the present situation.
  • Here in history, we are less diligent about quashing monopolies.
    Quotations
    * * *

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • John here is a rascal.
  • This here orange is too sour.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (British, slang)
  • Here, I'm tired and I want a drink.

    See also

    * hence * here- * hereabouts * hither * there

    Etymology 2

    From Old (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An army, host.
  • A hostile force.
  • (Anglo-Saxon) An invading army, either that of the enemy, or the national troops serving abroad. Compare (l).
  • An enemy, individual enemy.
  • 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.
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