Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Grade"

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) 1.7 (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}]
8: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
from the horizontal; "a five-degree grade" [syn: {gradient},
{slope}]
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;
"grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
[syn: {score}, {mark}]
4: determine the grade of or assign a grade to


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