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Word: Grate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French grater, of Germanic origin; related to German kratzen ‘to scratch’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɡreɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
reduce (food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater
Short Definition:reduce food to small shreds
Examples:- peel and roughly grate the carrots
Definition:
make an unpleasant rasping sound
Short Definition:make unpleasant rasping sound
Examples:- the hinges of the door grated
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