Grate

Definition

grate 1 / greÇt / n မီးခံသံေဘာင္။ a fire burning in the grate. grate 2 / greÇt / v ၁။ ~ sth (into sth) (သခြားသီး၊ အုန္း သီးစသည္ကို ျခစ္ခံုတြင္) ျခစ္သည္။ Grate the carrot finely/ into small pieces. ❍ grated cheese/ lemon rind ❍ Grate the nutmeg into the mixture/ over the pudding. ၂။ (က) ပြတ္တိုက္မိျခင္းျဖင့္ အသံက်ယ္ေလာင္စြာ ျမည္သည္။ The hinges grated as the gate swung back. ❍ The wheels grated against/ on the edge of the pavement. (ခ) ~ (on sb/ sth) နားမခံသာျဖစ္ေစသည္။ His whining voice grates on my ears/ nerves. ❍ It's her ingratitude that grates on me. ❏ grater n ျခစ္ခံု။ a cheese grater. ❏ grating adj နားမခံသာျဖစ္ေစေသာ။ နားကေလာေသာ။ her grating voice.

Examples

1. Grated cheese
2. [grate against/on] : Her nails grated against the wall.
3. What really grates is her know-all attitude.
4. [grate on] : His intense stare began to grate on her nerves.