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grade — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • grate noun A metal frame of bars used to hold fuel in a fireplace, or a metal grid that lets small things pass through while blocking larger ones.
  • grid noun A pattern of evenly spaced lines crossing to form squares, such as on graph paper or a map.
  • harrow noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
  • lattice noun A framework of crossed strips of wood or metal, often used as a garden trellis or decorative pattern.

Senses

grade is used for these senses in English:

  • grate A horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
  • grid (computing) A system or structure of distributed computers working mostly on a peer-to-peer basis, used mainly to solve single and complex scientific or technical problems or to process data at high speeds (as in clusters).
  • grid (electronics) The third (or higher) electrode of a vacuum tube (triode or higher).
  • harrow A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
  • lattice (crystallography) A regular spacing or arrangement of geometric points, often decorated with a motif.

grate — full definition

  1. noun A metal frame of bars used to hold fuel in a fireplace, or a metal grid that lets small things pass through while blocking larger ones.
  2. verb To shred food into small pieces by rubbing it across a grater.
  3. verb To make a harsh, scraping sound; or, figuratively, to irritate someone.

grid — full definition

  1. noun A pattern of evenly spaced lines crossing to form squares, such as on graph paper or a map.
  2. noun The network of power lines, substations, and generators that delivers electricity across a region.
  3. noun The marked-off starting positions for competitors at the beginning of a race.

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