| AGGRADE | • aggrade v. (Transitive, geology) to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment. • AGGRADE v. to raise the level of a surface through depositing detritus. |
| DEGRADE | • degrade v. (Transitive) To lower in value or social position. • degrade v. (Intransitive, ergative) To reduce in quality or purity. • degrade v. (Transitive, geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. |
| GRADATE | • gradate v. (Transitive, intransitive) To change imperceptibly from one gradation of tone etc. to another. • gradate v. (Transitive) To arrange in order of grades. • gradate v. (Transitive, chemistry) To bring to a certain strength or grade of concentration. |
| GRADDAN | • graddan v. (Scotland, historical) To prepare corn for the quern by setting fire to the ears and beating off the… • GRADDAN v. (Gaelic) to parch in the husk. |
| GRADELY | • gradely adj. (Northern England) of a person; decent, well-meaning, respectable. • gradely adj. Excellent. • gradely adj. Handsome, fair. |
| GRADERS | • graders n. Plural of grader. • GRADER n. a machine used to create a flat surface for road grading. |
| GRADINE | • gradine n. A toothed chisel used by sculptors. • gradine n. (Architecture) Any member like a step, such as the raised back of an altar; a gradin. • GRADINE n. one of a series of steps, also GRADIN. |
| GRADING | • grading v. Present participle of grade. • grading n. A rank or grade. • grading n. (Mathematics) Gradation. |
| GRADINI | • gradini n. Plural of gradino. • GRADINO n. (Italian) a decoration for an altar gradin. |
| GRADINO | • gradino n. (Architecture) A step or raised shelf, as above a sideboard or altar. • GRADINO n. (Italian) a decoration for an altar gradin. |
| GRADINS | • gradins n. Plural of gradin. • GRADIN n. anything like a step, as the raised back of an altar, also GRADINE. |
| GRADUAL | • gradual adj. Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees. • gradual n. (Christianity) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps… • gradual n. (Christianity) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass. |
| REGRADE | • regrade v. (Transitive) To grade again, give a new grade or grading to. • regrade v. (Transitive) To regroup or reassign. • regrade v. (US, transitive) To change the classification of (potentially secret documentation). |
| SAGRADA | • SAGRADA adj. (Spanish) as in cascara sagrada, dried bark of the cascara buckthorn, used as a purgative. |
| UPGRADE | • upgrade n. An upward grade or slope. • upgrade n. An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology. • upgrade n. An improvement. |