The Meaning of grade

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.
• (n.) 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.
• (v. t.) To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.
• (v. t.) To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.
• (v. t.) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
• (n.) A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

Synonyms

class , form , course , level , tier , grad , gradation , mark , score , ground level , degree , level , rate , rank , range , order , place , score , mark

Homophones

grayed

Rhymes

accolade , ade , adelaide , afraid , aid , aide , allayed , andrade , arcade , arrayed , bade , barricade , bayed , betrayed , blade , blockade , braid , brayed , bridesmaid , brigade , brocade , buffeted , cade , cascade , cavalcade , centigrade , charade , cliched , colonnade , conveyed , crusade , dade , decade , decayed , degrade , delayed , dismayed , disobeyed , displayed , dissuade , downgrade , escapade , evade , eyde , eyeshade , fade , filleted , flayed , forbade , frayed , fusillade , gade , glade , granade , grayed , grenade , hade , haid , handmade , heyd , home-made , homemade , inlaid , invade , jade , kade , kincade , kincaid , lade , laid , lemonade , located , made , maid , manmade , marcade , marinade , marmalade , masquerade , mayde , mccade , mcdade , mcdaid , mcquaid , mcquaide , medicaid , mermaid , metrodade , mislaid , motorcade , nightshade , obeyed , okayed , outweighed , overpaid , overstayed , paid , palisade , parade , payed , persuade , pervade , played , portrayed , prepaid , promenade , quade , quaid , raid , rayed , remade , renegade , repaid , replayed , retrograde , sallade , sayed , schade , schrade , serenade , shade , slade , spade , spaid , spayd , spayde , sprayed , stade , staid , stayed , suede , swayed , switchblade , tirade , trade , unafraid , underpaid , unmade , unpaid , unswayed , upbraid , upgrade , wade , waid , waide , weighed , zaid