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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
grade — grade; grade·abil·i·ty; grav·i·grade; or·tho·grade; pha·lan·gi·grade; pro·no·grade; rec·ti·grade; re·grade; ret·ro·grade·ly; sub·grade; tal·i·grade; un·gu·li·grade; an·te·grade; mul·ti·grade; posi·grade; an·ter·o·grade; cen·ti·grade; de·grade;… … English syllables
Grade II — Libelle … Deutsch Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-grade — ♦ Élément, du lat. gradus, de gradi « marcher » : digitigrade, plantigrade. grade élément, du lat. gradi, marcher . ⇒ GRADE, élém. formant Élém. terminal empr. au lat. gradus de gradus « pas, posture, degré » et qui sert à former des adj. et … Encyclopédie Universelle
Grade — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Chaim Grade (1910–1982), litauischer Schriftsteller Hans Grade (1879–1946), deutscher Flugzeugkonstrukteur Lew Grade (1906–1998), britischer Filmproduzent Michael Grade (* 1943), britischer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
grade — [grād] n. [Fr < L gradus, a step, degree, rank < gradi, to step, walk < IE base * ghredh , to stride > Goth griths, step] 1. any of the stages in an orderly, systematic progression; step; degree 2. a) a degree or rating in a scale… … English World dictionary
Grade — Freguesia de Portugal … Wikipedia Español
grade — m. grade. Aut en grade : élevé en grade … Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu
grade — ► NOUN 1) a specified level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value. 2) a mark indicating the quality of a student s work. 3) N. Amer. (with specifying ordinal number) those pupils in a school who are grouped by age or ability for teaching at a… … English terms dictionary
grade — [n1] rank, step brand, caliber, category, class, classification, condition, degree, division, echelon, estate, form, gradation, group, grouping, league, level, mark, notch, order, pigeonhole*, place, position, quality, rung*, size, stage,… … New thesaurus
grade — GRADE. s. m. Dignité, degré d honneur. Il a esté eslevé au plus haut grade. il est monté à un nouveau grade … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
