'Grading' definitions:

Definition of 'grading'

From: WordNet
noun
The act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: scaling, grading]
noun
Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface [syn: grading, leveling]
noun
Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: marking, grading, scoring]

Definition of 'Grading'

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 'Grading'

From: GCIDE
  • Grading \Grad"ing\, n. The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade. [1913 Webster]