Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grate
Participle: grated
Gerund: grating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grate |
| you | grate |
| he;she;it | grates |
| we | grate |
| you | grate |
| they | grate |
Perfect
| I | have grated |
| you | have grated |
| he;she;it | has grated |
| we | have grated |
| you | have grated |
| they | have grated |
Past
| I | grated |
| you | grated |
| he;she;it | grated |
| we | grated |
| you | grated |
| they | grated |
Pluperfect
| I | had grated |
| you | had grated |
| he;she;it | had grated |
| we | had grated |
| you | had grated |
| they | had grated |
Future
| I | will grate |
| you | will grate |
| he;she;it | will grate |
| we | will grate |
| you | will grate |
| they | will grate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have grated |
| you | will have grated |
| he;she;it | will have grated |
| we | will have grated |
| you | will have grated |
| they | will have grated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grate |
| you | grate |
| he;she;it | grate |
| we | grate |
| you | grate |
| they | grate |
Perfect
| I | have grated |
| you | have grated |
| he;she;it | have grated |
| we | have grated |
| you | have grated |
| they | have grated |
Imperfect
| I | grated |
| you | grated |
| he;she;it | grated |
| we | grated |
| you | grated |
| they | grated |
Pluperfect
| I | had grated |
| you | had grated |
| he;she;it | had grated |
| we | had grated |
| you | had grated |
| they | had grated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grate |
| you | would grate |
| he;she;it | would grate |
| we | would grate |
| you | would grate |
| they | would grate |
Perfect
| I | would have grated |
| you | would have grated |
| he;she;it | would have grated |
| we | would have grated |
| you | would have grated |
| they | would have grated |
Imperative
| you | grate |
| we | Let's grate |
| you | grate |
Verbs conjugated like 'grate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grate'
crate,
gate,
grace,
grade,
grame,
grane,
grape,
grave,
graze,
gyrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- rub
- grind, scour, abrade, scrape, shred, rasp
- irk
- irritate, peeve, nettle, vex, annoy, rankle
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English grate, from a Medieval Latin crāta, from a Latin word for a hurdle; or Italian grata, from Latin cratis.
Verbs referencing "grate"
Esperanto
grati, Ido gratar, Sranan
griti.
Sample Sentences
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[...] plainly and fully visible to the officer below. Each of these cells holds a small truckle bed, in which one prisoner sleeps; never more. It is small, of course; and the door being not solid, but grated, and without blind or curtain, the prisoner within is at all times exposed to the observation and inspection of any guard who may pass along that tier at any hour or minute of the night. Every day, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] Orleans, Susan and Emmeline were attached, and sent to the depot to await a general auction on the following morning; and as they glimmer faintly upon us in the moonlight which steals through the grated window, we may listen to their conversation. Both are weeping, but each quietly, that the other may not hear.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)