'Grade' definitions:

Definition of 'grade'

From: WordNet
noun
A body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course]
noun
A relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" [syn: grade, level, tier]
noun
The gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"
noun
One-hundredth of a right angle [syn: grad, grade]
noun
A degree of ablaut [syn: grade, gradation]
noun
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]
noun
The height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade" [syn: grade, ground level]
noun
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]
noun
A variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
verb
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]
verb
Level to the right gradient
verb
Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: grade, score, mark]
verb
Determine the grade of or assign a grade to

Definition of 'Grade'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Grade'

From: 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]

Definition of 'grade'

From: GCIDE
  • improved \improved\ adj.
  • 1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built, reinforced}; {cleared, tilled ; developed; {grade ; {graded, graveled ] Also See: restored. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
  • Syn: amended. [WordNet 1.5]

Synonyms of 'grade'

From: Moby Thesaurus