a metal framework of parallel or crossed bars, used to cover an opening such as a drain or window, or to hold burning fuel in a fireplace.
Put more wood on the fireplace grate.
Be careful around the street grate.
✦ Middle English, from Old French grate, based on Latin cratis meaning 'hurdle' or 'wickerwork'.
to reduce food to small shreds or pieces by rubbing it against a rough or serrated surface.
Grate the cheese over the pasta.
He grated carrots for the salad.
to make a harsh, scraping sound.
The old door grated as it swung open.
Chalk grated across the board.
to irritate or annoy persistently.
His whining really grates on me.
Bad manners grate on her.
feeling or showing thanks for something received or done
After the storm, the townspeople were deeply grateful to the firefighters who rescued them.
Mia felt grateful when her friend brought her soup while she was sick.
✦ From Latin grātus meaning "pleasing, thankful" + the suffix -ful.
(literary, archaic) giving or causing pleasure; pleasant to the senses
They rested under the grateful shade of an old oak on the hot afternoon.
A grateful breeze drifted through the hall, carrying the scent of jasmine.
✦ Same origin as the modern sense: from Latin grātus "pleasing"; this older meaning survives mainly in literary contexts.
to combine two or more parts so they work together or form a complete whole
The new software integrates all the company’s data into one easy-to-use dashboard.
Architects worked hard to integrate the ancient stone walls with the modern glass facade.
✦ From Latin ‘integratus’, past participle of ‘integrare’ meaning ‘to make whole’.
to bring people of different races, cultures, or social groups together so they can participate equally
The school was one of the first in the country to integrate students of all races.
The company launched workshops to help immigrant workers integrate into the local community.
to calculate the integral of a function in mathematics
In calculus class, we learned how to integrate x squared to get one-third x cubed plus C.
Engineers must integrate the velocity function to find the distance traveled.
