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graded
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n. Grading.] 1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc. [1913 Webster] 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] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
graded \graded\ adj.
1. ordered by some quantitative ranking; as, Reading tests of
graded difficulty.
Syn: ordered, ranked.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. leveled and drained but not paved; -- of roads.
Syn: graveled.
[WordNet 1.5]
