grate one's teeth in anger. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
grate carrots and onions. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This so-called 'drainage' grate is located at the west end of the ravine. From Wordnik.com. [West Lynn Avenue] Reference
Lenz: There was something really appealing to me about standing around the drain grate tasting barrel samples from an old juice container. From Wordnik.com. [TasteCamp] Reference
Outside the grate was a narrow open space and then a desk. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy With the U.S. Census] Reference
Barely visible between the bars of the grate was a plastic card. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Experiment]
I like a lively debate but the insults and name-calling grate after a while. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | What's Next: The Battle For Edwards Delegates And Supporters] Reference
On the back of the grate is a cast of Neptune, standing erect in his car, with. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Invention and Industry] Reference
And in the grate were the identical four knobs of coal I had carefully spilt there. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Four]
The sound of crackle in the grate is the most welcoming soundtrack to an evening with friends. From Wordnik.com. [Hearths Aflame] Reference
About too feet above the grate is a hole that leads into a kind of oven, the floor of which is laid shelving towards the mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published] Reference
It was the kind of grate that appeared in yuppy conversions and cost a lot. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Rapunzel]
I think a simple solution would be a kind of grate or something over the overflow gap. From Wordnik.com. [Overflow Bathtubs from Käsch] Reference
That would, that can kind of grate on you when you come up with good ideas and whatever. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Lonnie Poole, March 22, 1999. Interview I-0085. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
| Reply | Permalink absolutely! but it also is a grammar mistake, to make the word "grate" on your ears. From Wordnik.com. [Lieberman Calls Dems The "Democrat Party"] Reference
She had "grate" pleasure, and spoke of my "truble" in a way that made me feel as if I should see a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863] Reference
The passage is, he termed a grate. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete] Reference
You all need to learn how to spell!! ... aint nobody, it work "grate" for me ...!!. From Wordnik.com. [dealspl.us] Reference
Then they do and they start to kind of grate on one another, you know, like sandpaper on iron. From Wordnik.com. [MovieWeb: News] Reference
Somewhere around 4: 45 PM … I felt like my Nissan (I was driving) suddenly lost control and I felt like I was driving up on a "grate". From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices Online] Reference
Within the grate was a crumpled piece of paper. From Wordnik.com. [Angel With No Hands]
I'll grate my hand across the skin between her breasts. From Wordnik.com. [Not Tired] Reference
Beware of the black metal grate, belching heat from dark depths!. From Wordnik.com. [Old Houses] Reference
Their noise, spray and erratic courses grate on sailors and powerboaters. From Wordnik.com. [A Battle On The High Seas] Reference
He saw Yuki standing before an open grate and her hair blew back by a wind. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.5: Rumble Under the Jungle] Reference
She folded her note, walked up to the well and dropped it through the grate. From Wordnik.com. [Tehran or Bust] Reference
Here, in the centre of the gravel walk, was a grate where they put down coal. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
A flat steel grate slid over the opening, not soundlessly, but quietly enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Late Show at the Argo] Reference
Mr. THORNDIKE: It's that sort of favoritism that tends to really grate against people. From Wordnik.com. [Tea Party Finds Inspiration In Boston History] Reference
The tone can grate -- especially Angier's view that "the female body deserves Dionysian respect.". From Wordnik.com. [Boys Need Not Be Boys] Reference
She pulled the grate back with enough force to make it stick and they both watched the shadow crawled. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi Zero - v.1: Alysia's Saga, the Awaken] Reference
She remembered lying in her bed in the dark room, seeing the comforting glow of the coal embers in the grate. From Wordnik.com. [Empty Space] Reference
Enrique was hanging from a wire tied to metal grate that covered the fluorescent light in the middle of the ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Z] Reference
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