Vocabulary : Grate to Gratify
Grate : Serving to gratify; agreeable. ;; 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. ;; A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. ;; To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window. ;; 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. ;; To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg. ;; To fret; to irritate; to offend. ;; To make a harsh sound by friction. ;; 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.Grated : of Grate ;; Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows.
Grateful : Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart. ;; Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.
Grater : One who, or that which, grates; especially, an instrument or utensil with a rough, indented surface, for rubbing off small particles of any substance; as a grater for nutmegs.
Graticulation : The division of a design or draught into squares, in order the more easily to reproduce it in larger or smaller dimensions.
