grate

râper

Réduire un aliment en petits morceaux en le frottant sur un ustensile percé de trous coupants.

En anglais simple : To rub food against a tool with sharp holes to make small pieces.

• Grate some cheese over the pasta.
• She grated two carrots for the salad.
• Can you grate the ginger into this bowl?

Synonymes : shred

Expressions courantes : grate cheese, grate a carrot, grate lemon zest

agacer, irriter

Énerver quelqu’un, notamment par un bruit ou un comportement qui se répète.

En anglais simple : To annoy someone, especially through a repeated sound or behaviour.

• Her laugh began to grate.
• His loud voice grates on me.
• After a while, those repeated jokes grated on everyone.

Comment l'utiliser : grate on someone/something (His constant humming grates on my nerves.)

Synonymes : annoy, irritate

Contraires : please

Expressions courantes : grate on someone, grate on nerves

grincer, crisser

Produire un bruit rude de raclement, souvent lorsque deux surfaces frottent l’une contre l’autre.

En anglais simple : To make a harsh scraping sound, often when two surfaces rub together.

• The old gears grated loudly.
• The door grated across the stone floor.
• I heard his teeth grate as he slept.

Comment l'utiliser : grate against something (The rusty gate grated against the post.)

Synonymes : scrape, rasp, grind

Expressions courantes : grate against something, grate across something

racler, faire grincer

Frotter quelque chose contre une surface en produisant un bruit rude et désagréable.

En anglais simple : To rub something against a surface so that it makes a rough, unpleasant sound.

• He grated the blade against the stone.
• She grated the chair legs over the rough floor.
• Do not grate that metal bar against the wall.

Comment l'utiliser : grate something against something (He grated the metal edge against the stone.)

Synonymes : scrape, rasp

Expressions courantes : grate against something, grate over something

dire d’une voix rauque

Dire quelque chose d’une voix dure et rauque.

En anglais simple : To say something in a harsh, rough voice.

• “Leave,” he grated.
• The captain grated out an order.
• She grated a reply through clenched teeth.

Comment l'utiliser : grate out something (The guard grated out a warning.)

Synonymes : rasp, growl

Expressions courantes : grate out something, grate a reply

munir de grilles

Couvrir ou protéger une ouverture avec des barres métalliques.

En anglais simple : To cover or protect an opening with metal bars.

• They decided to grate the window.
• Workers grated the cellar openings with iron bars.
• The doorway had been grated for security.

Synonymes : bar

Expressions courantes : grate a window, grate an opening

grille

Cadre de barres métalliques couvrant une ouverture ou soutenant le bois ou le charbon dans une cheminée.

En anglais simple : A frame of metal bars covering an opening or holding wood or coal in a fireplace.

• A metal grate covered the hole.
• He placed more coal in the grate.
• The old fireplace had a heavy iron grate.

Synonymes : grating, grid

Expressions courantes : iron grate, fireplace grate, drain grate

grille, caillebotis

Grille métallique plate qui retient les gros objets tout en laissant passer l’eau, les cendres ou de petites choses.

En anglais simple : A flat metal grid that lets water, ash, or small things fall through while holding larger things.

• Water flowed through the grate.
• Leaves collected on the drain grate.
• The sheep would not cross the grate at the field entrance.

Synonymes : grating, grid

Expressions courantes : floor grate, drain grate, metal grate