Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)gratea harsh rasping sound made by scraping something (n)grate, gratinga barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air Verbs
(v)gratefurnish with a grate“a grated fireplace” (v)eat into, fret, rankle, grategnaw into; make resentful or angry“The injustice rankled her”,
“his resentment festered” (v)gratereduce to small shreds or pulverize by rubbing against a rough or sharp perforated surface“grate carrots and onions”,
“grate nutmeg” (v)grate, grindmake a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together“grate one's teeth in anger” (v)scrape, gratescratch repeatedly“The cat scraped at the armchair”