"Grate" is a word in ENGLISH
Serving to gratify; agreeable.
To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything
rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding
fuel while burning.
To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough
material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce
exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or
importunity.
To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or
crossbars; as, to grate a window.
To fret; to irritate; to offend.
To make a harsh sound by friction.
A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars,
with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows
of prisons and cloisters.
To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another,
causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh
sound) by rubbing.
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To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks.
Read the complete definitionRubbed smooth.
Read the complete definitionThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.
Read the complete definitionThe substance rubbed off.
Read the complete definitionThe act of rubbing against.
Read the complete definitionagit-it n squeaking strident sound made by two surfaces rub-bing against each other. v [B] squeak stridently, become squeaky. Kasábà …
Read the complete definitionagutíut n squeaking, creaking sound produced by two surfaces rubbing against each other. v [A] for surfaces to squeak, creak. …
Read the complete definitionv. /AG-/ to wipe the nose with the arm. Saan ka nga agamlid. Don’t wipe your nose with your arm. …
Read the complete definitionTo smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
Read the complete definitionA coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.
Read the complete definitionv. /MANG-:-EN/ to touch, rub or stroke softly and gently with the hand. Aprosem daytoy takkiag ko. Touch my arm.
Read the complete definitionRubbed; worn by friction.
Read the complete definitionThe act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Read the complete definitionbág-id - To rub, strike, as a match, to rub two pieces of bamboo, etc. together in order to make …
Read the complete definitionbag-id v [AB46; ac] rub back and forth against. Mibag-id ang bábuy sa batu kay gikatlan, The pig brushed itself …
Read the complete definitionbagnud v [A; b6(1)] rub s.t. solid against s.t. hard and even. Kinsay nagbagnud ug plurwaks sa sawug? Who applied …
Read the complete definitionbagnus v [A; c] rub s.t. on s.t. with force. Nagbagnus mi ug kandílà sa plantsa arun dílì tay-an, We …
Read the complete definitionbág-od - To rub two stones together, to crush or pulverize, between two stones or against a stone. Ginabag-orán ang …
Read the complete definitionbag-ódan - (B) Stone against which something is rubbed or crushed to powder; a millstone, grindstone. (cf. bag-óran).
Read the complete definitionbáid v [A3P; a] {1} rub s.t. on s.t. else to sharpen it to make it shiny. Baírun ku ang …
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