To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars
to grate a window
To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater
I need to grate the cheese before the potato is cooked.
To make an unpleasant rasping sound, often as the result of rubbing against something
Listening to his teeth grate all day long drives me mad.
(by extension) to get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy
She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.
(by extension) to annoy
Produced by grating.
I topped my chili with grated cheese and my mango soufflé with grated orange rind.
Furnished with a grate or grating.
grated windows