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What is the verb for grate?

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grate
  1. (transitive, cooking) To shred things, usually foodstuffs, by rubbing across a grater.
  2. (intransitive) To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something.
  3. (by extension, intransitive) To grate on one’s nerves; to irritate or annoy.
  4. (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To annoy.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. scrape, grind, scratch, abrade, graze, rasp, drag, scuff, chafe, rub, scour, etch, excoriate, file, raze, score, gall, fret, erode, wear, fray, frazzle, sand, corrade, sandpaper, buff, skin, bark, irritate, corrode, lacerate, burnish, flay, strip, peel, roughen, triturate, wear away, rub down, wear down, bite into, rub raw, hurt, scrape away, gnaw away at, rub painfully, rub against, tatter, rake, engrave … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The inspector pushed his chair even further from the table, his weight causing it to grate across the floor.”
      “She whispered a few words in the young man's ear which made him grate his teeth together and glance at her with an expression of murderous hatred.”
      “A moment later, the front door slammed, and I heard the key grate in the lock.”
grate
  1. (transitive) To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scrape, grind, scratch, abrade, graze, rasp, drag, scuff, chafe, rub, scour, etch, excoriate, file, raze, score, gall, fret, erode, wear, fray, frazzle, sand, corrade, sandpaper, buff, skin, bark, irritate, corrode, lacerate, burnish, flay, strip, peel, roughen, triturate, wear away, rub down, wear down, bite into, rub raw, hurt, scrape away, gnaw away at, rub painfully, rub against, tatter, rake, engrave … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The inspector pushed his chair even further from the table, his weight causing it to grate across the floor.”
      “She whispered a few words in the young man's ear which made him grate his teeth together and glance at her with an expression of murderous hatred.”
      “A moment later, the front door slammed, and I heard the key grate in the lock.”
grated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of grate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scraped, ground, grinded, scratched, abraded, grazed, rasped, dragged, drug, scuffed, chafed, rubbed, scoured, etched, excoriated, filed, razed, scored, galled, fretted, eroded, frayed, frazzled, sanded, corraded, sandpapered, hurt, buffed, skinned, barked, irritated, worn, wore, corroded, lacerated, burnished, flayed, stripped, stript, cut, peeled, roughened, triturated, rubbed down, rubbed raw, scraped away, gnawed away at, rubbed painfully, rubbed against, polished … more
grating
  1. present participle of grate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. getting, annoying, irritating, exasperating, angering, irking, vexing, inflaming, putting out, nettling, needling, provoking, incensing, infuriating, maddening, rubbing up the wrong way, aggravating, peeving, miffing, riling, getting to, hacking off, giving someone the hump, driving mad, driving crazy, driving nuts, making someone see red, winding up, agitating, bothering, bugging, narking, getting across, teeing off, perturbing, ticking off, displeasing, eating, ruffling, burning up, chafing, disturbing, frustrating, enraging, galling, firing up, upsetting, getting in someone's hair, getting on someone's nerves, getting on someone's tits … more
grates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scrapes, grinds, scratches, abrades, grazes, rasps, drags, scuffs, chafes, rubs, scours, etches, excoriates, files, razes, scores, galls, frets, erodes, wears, frays, frazzles, sands, corrades, sandpapers, buffs, skins, barks, irritates, corrodes, lacerates, burnishes, flays, strips, peels, roughens, triturates, wears away, rubs down, wears down, bites into, rubs raw, hurts, scrapes away, gnaws away at, rubs painfully, rubs against, tatters, rakes, engraves … more
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