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data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/grate" title="grate – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="grate" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" 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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Verb">Verb</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=grate&action=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Verb"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="0" width="100%" class="inflection-table inflection-verb-grat-e-~-~-~-~-~"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#e2e2ff" valign="top" width="20%" style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Plain form<br /> <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">grate</a></b> </p> </td> <td width="0.5%"> </td> <td bgcolor="#e2e2ff" valign="top" width="20%" style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Third-person singular<br /> <span class="form-of third-person_singular-form-of-grate"><b><a href="/wiki/grates" title="grates">grates</a></b></span> </p> </td> <td width="0.5%"> </td> <td bgcolor="#e2e2ff" valign="top" width="20%" style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Past tense<br /> <span class="form-of past_tense-form-of-grate"><b><a href="/wiki/grated" title="grated">grated</a></b></span> </p> </td> <td width="0.5%"> </td> <td bgcolor="#e2e2ff" valign="top" width="20%" style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Past participle<br /> <span class="form-of past_participle-form-of-grate"><b><a href="/wiki/grated" title="grated">grated</a></b></span> </p> </td> <td width="0.5%"> </td> <td bgcolor="#e2e2ff" valign="top" width="20%" style="padding-left:1em;"> <p>Present participle<br /> <span class="form-of present_participle-form-of-grate"><b><a href="/wiki/grating" title="grating">grating</a></b></span> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grate-cheese.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Grate-cheese.jpg/220px-Grate-cheese.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Grate-cheese.jpg/330px-Grate-cheese.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Grate-cheese.jpg/440px-Grate-cheese.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Grate-cheese</figcaption></figure> <ol><li>(<i><a href="/wiki/transitive" title="transitive"><span style="color:green;">transitive</span></a></i>) When you <b>grate</b> something, you turn it into little pieces by rubbing it against something <a href="/wiki/sharp" title="sharp">sharp</a> or <a href="/wiki/rough" title="rough">rough</a>. <dl><dd><i>He <b>grated</b> an entire block of <a href="/wiki/cheese" title="cheese">cheese</a> for the <a href="/wiki/nachos" title="nachos">nachos</a>.</i></dd></dl></li> <li>(<i><a href="/wiki/transitive" title="transitive"><span style="color:green;">transitive</span></a></i>) When you <b>grate</b> something, you rub it against something in a way that makes a <a href="/wiki/loud" title="loud">loud</a>, <a href="/wiki/annoying" title="annoying">annoying</a> <a href="/wiki/noise" title="noise">noise</a>. <dl><dd><i>During the <a href="/wiki/math" title="math">math</a> test, the <a href="/wiki/student" title="student">student</a> <b>grated</b> his <a href="/wiki/pencil" title="pencil">pencil</a> against the side of his <a href="/wiki/desk" title="desk">desk</a> so loudly that the <a href="/wiki/teacher" title="teacher">teacher</a> <a href="/wiki/threaten" title="threaten">threatened</a> to throw the pencil out the <a href="/wiki/window" title="window">window</a>.</i></dd></dl></li> <li>(<i><a href="/wiki/transitive" title="transitive"><span style="color:green;">transitive</span></a></i>) When a person <b>grates</b>, they say something in a loud, often annoying voice. <dl><dd><i>"Silence during tests!" the teacher <b>grated</b> in a voice that was almost as loud as the pencil.</i></dd></dl></li> <li>(<i><a href="/wiki/intransitive" title="intransitive"><span style="color:green;">intransitive</span></a></i>) When someone or someone <b>grates</b> on you, it makes 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It is hard to deal with or listen to. <dl><dd><i>She means well, but she has a loud, <a href="/wiki/high" title="high">high</a>, <a href="/wiki/perky" title="perky">perky</a> voice that just <b>grates</b> on me.</i></dd> <dd><i>The <a href="/wiki/constant" title="constant">constant</a> sound of <a href="/wiki/construction" title="construction">construction</a> outside my house <b>grated</b> on my <a href="/wiki/nerves" title="nerves">nerves</a> until I had to leave.</i></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Noun">Noun</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=grate&action=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Noun"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="0" width="100%" class="inflection-table inflection-noun-grate-~-~-~-~-~-~"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#e2e2ff" valign="top" width="49%" style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><a href="/wiki/singular" title="singular">Singular</a><br /> <b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">grate</a></b> </p> </td> <td width="0.5%"> </td> <td bgcolor="#e2e2ff" valign="top" width="49%" style="padding-left:1em;"> <p><a href="/wiki/plural" title="plural">Plural</a><br /> <span class="form-of plural-form-of-grate"><b><a href="/wiki/grates" title="grates">grates</a></b></span> </p> </td> <td width="0.5%"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ol><li>(<i><a href="/wiki/countable" title="countable"><span style="color:green;">countable</span></a></i>) A <b>grate</b> is a <a href="/wiki/metal" title="metal">metal</a> <a href="/wiki/cover" title="cover">cover</a> with <a href="/wiki/bar" title="bar">bars</a> on it. 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