Grate

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.

a frame of iron bars to hold a fire

a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air