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grate (GRAYT) (verb)
1. To reduce to fragments, shreds, or powder by rubbing against an abrasive surface: While the pasta was boiling, Jenifer began to grate the cheese for the sauce.
2. To make a harsh rasping sound by or as if by scraping or grinding: Crickets grate their wings together to create their distinctive sounds.
2. To make a harsh rasping sound by or as if by scraping or grinding: Crickets grate their wings together to create their distinctive sounds.
grate (GRAYT) (noun)
A framework of lattice or parallel bars: The water drain on the street was protected by a grate so that nobody would fall in!
great (GRAYT) (adjective)
1. Extremely large or big: The great expanse of the forest was overwhelming to the hikers.
2. Of outstanding importance or significance: Kim was a great author, famous for her short stories.
2. Of outstanding importance or significance: Kim was a great author, famous for her short stories.
The great grate in the street was placed there because of the extreme flooding rains that often took place in that area.
Ed's barbecue turns out superb burgers and that's why he calls it his great grate.
What was the name of the movie where the main actor lifted a drain cover on a street and got away from those who were chasing him?
Babs thinks it was the "Grate Escape"!
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group G; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“great”
(Latin: large, great)
(Greek: large, great; long [in extent or duration]; enlarged, or elongated, long [in length]; abnormally large)
(Latin: magister, chief, head, leader; from Latin magnus, "great")
(Latin: large, big, great; much, abundant)
(Latin: large, great, greatest)
(Greek: large, great, big, powerful)
(Greek: lower extremity of the windpipe; by extension, extremity of the heart, the great artery)
(Latin: grandfather; ancestor; father of a great-grandfather)
(Greek: karos, deep sleep, drowsiness; the great arteries of the neck)
(Latin: frequented, populous; to frequent in great numbers, to assemble, to honor; thronged)
(Alfred the Great, the first king of England)
(period of great literary producion)
(Latin: great praise or honor; renown)
(Latin: great or big toe, the first digit of the foot)
(Greek: above, over; excessive; more than normal; abnormal excess [in medicine]; abnormally great or powerful sensation [in physical or pathological terms]; highest [in chemical compounds])
(Greek > Latin: "the great river encompassing the whole earth"; hence, the "great Outward Sea" [as opposed to the "Inward" or Mediterranean]; the ocean)
(Greek: how much? how great?)
(Latin: how much; as much as, how many; how great; amount)
(Latin: brisk, active, vigorous, energetic; great effort, requiring much energy, arduous)
(Latin: stand in awe of, to be awed at; wonder or admiration of; dread mixed with veneration or great respect)
(Latin: internal organs; all that is under the skin, all parts in the body except flesh or muscles; entrails; any large interior organ in any of the three great cavities of the body; specifically, those within the chest; such as, the heart or lungs; or in the abdomen; such as, the liver, pancreas, and intestines; and in the head; such as, the brain)