Grade

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.

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.

A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.

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.

To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.

To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.

To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.

A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"

assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"

a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"

a degree of ablaut

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?"