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.