Topic: COOKING
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | grater 'to make marks in a surface' |
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grate2
1 [transitive]DFC to rub cheese, vegetables etc against a rough or sharp surface in order to break them into small pieces : 
grated cheesePeel and grate the potatoes.
grated cheesePeel and grate the potatoes.2 [transitive] written to talk in a low rough voice [↪ hiss]: 'Let me go,' he grated harshly.
'Let me go,' he grated harshly.4 [intransitive and transitive] to make an unpleasant sound by rubbing, or to make something do this : The stones beneath her shoes grated harshly.
The stones beneath her shoes grated harshly.WORD FOCUS: cut WORD FOCUS: cut
chop to cut vegetables, meat, or wood into pieces
slice to cut bread, vegetables, or meat into thin pieces
dice to cut vegetables into small pieces
peel to cut the outside part off an onion, apple etc
grate to cut cheese or vegetables into small pieces by rubbing them against a special tool
carve to cut pieces from a large piece of meat
saw to cut wood using a special tool called a saw
chop down to cut down a tree, using an axe
snip to cut something quickly using scissors
shave to remove hair from your face or body
trim to remove small parts of something to make it look neat
mow to cut grass
prune to cut off the top part of plants, in order to make them grow better cut
➔ See also cut
WORD FOCUS: cut chop to cut vegetables, meat, or wood into pieces
slice to cut bread, vegetables, or meat into thin pieces
dice to cut vegetables into small pieces
peel to cut the outside part off an onion, apple etc
grate to cut cheese or vegetables into small pieces by rubbing them against a special tool
carve to cut pieces from a large piece of meat
saw to cut wood using a special tool called a saw
chop down to cut down a tree, using an axe
snip to cut something quickly using scissors
shave to remove hair from your face or body
trim to remove small parts of something to make it look neat
mow to cut grass
prune to cut off the top part of plants, in order to make them grow better cut
➔ See also cut
