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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grading}.] 1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. [1913 Webster] 3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. {Congress}, {Degree}, {Gradus}.] 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. [1913 Webster] They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. --Buckle. [1913 Webster] 2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient. [1913 Webster] 3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. [1913 Webster] {At grade}, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing. {Down grade}, a descent, as on a graded railroad. {Up grade}, an ascent, as on a graded railroad. {Equating for grades}. See under {Equate}. {Grade crossing}, a crossing at grade. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: grade n 1: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: {class}, {form}, {grade}, {course}] 2: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" [syn: {grade}, {level}, {tier}] 3: the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade" 4: one-hundredth of a right angle [syn: {grad}, {grade}] 5: a degree of ablaut [syn: {grade}, {gradation}] 6: a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: {mark}, {grade}, {score}] 7: the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade" [syn: {grade}, {ground level}] 8: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: {degree}, {grade}, {level}] 9: a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed v 1: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: {rate}, {rank}, {range}, {order}, {grade}, {place}] 2: level to the right gradient 3: assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: {grade}, {score}, {mark}] 4: determine the grade of or assign a grade to From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: grade /gʀad/ degree; grade; rank; rate From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: grade grate; grid; grill