Betekenis van grate In het Nederlands

• 0 to rub food against a grater in order to cut it into a lot of small pieces:

  • grated cheese

• 1 When two hard objects grate, they rub together, sometimes making a sharp unpleasant sound.

• 2 When a noise or behaviour grates, it annoys you:

  • After a while her voice really started to grate on me.

  • It's the way she's always talking about herself - it just grates on me.

• 3 a metal structure that holds coal or wood in a fireplace

• 4 a structure made of iron bars for holding wood or other fuel, esp. in a fireplace

  • They have grates across every window.

• 5 (of two hard objects) to rub together, often making an unpleasant sound, or to make an unpleasant sound of this kind:

  • The trolley’s wheels grated horribly as it went around the curve.

• 6 to have an annoying or painful effect:

  • His constant whining for attention is beginning to grate on my nerves.

• 7 to rub food against the rough surface of a metal device having holes through which small pieces of the food fall as they break off:

  • Would you grate the cheese?

  • Add the grated carrots to the salad.