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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grade \Grade\, 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. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. --Buckle. 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. 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. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. 3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grade \Grade\, n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. The grade of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log and tree, and stone. --Whittier. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grade adj 1: at surface level; "a grade crossing" [syn: {ground-level}] 2: (of domestic animals) improved by selective breeding n 1: a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: {class}, {form}] 2: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group: "lumber of the highest grade" [syn: {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}] 5: 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}, {score}] 6: the height of the ground on which something stands: "the base of the tower was below grade" [syn: {ground level}] 7: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality: "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: {degree}, {level}] v 1: assign a rank or rating to "how would you rank these students?" [syn: {rate}, {rank}, {range}, {order}, {place}] 2: level to the right gradient 3: assign a grade or rank to according to one's evaluation; as of scholastic work [syn: {mark}] 4: determine the grade of or assign a grade to
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