Gride vs Grade - What's the difference?
gride | grade |
(obsolete) To pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.
*1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
*:She lightly lept out of her filed bedd, / And to her weapon ran, in minde to gride / The loathed leachour.
(obsolete) To travel (through) something, of a weapon or sharp object.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
To produce a grinding or scraping sound.
A rating.
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
* {{quote-web
, year = 1986–2012
, author = paul wheaton permaculture
, title = Diatomaceous Earth (food grade): bug killer you can eat!
, site = richsoil.com
, url = http://www.richsoil.com/diatomaceous-earth.jsp
, accessdate = 2014-03-17
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A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
A level of pre-collegiate education.
A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine)
The level of the ground.
(label) A gradian.
(label) In a linear system of divisors on an n''-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of ''n generic divisors.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Greenleaf Whittier)
(label) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
(medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
To assign a score to overall academic performance.
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.
(label) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
As a verb gride
is (obsolete|transitive) to pierce (something) with a weapon; to wound, to stab.As an adjective grade is
nco or officer (attributive).As a noun grade is
rank.gride
English
Verb
- His poinant speare he thrust with puissant sway / At proud Cymochles, whiles his shield was wyde, / That through his thigh the mortall steele did gryde [...].
Anagrams
* *grade
English
(wikipedia grade)Noun
(en noun)- There are a lot of varieties of diatomaceous earth, so when you are shopping, be sure to get the right stuff!
Make sure that you get food grade' diatomaceous earth. Some people make 3% of the food they eat be diatomaceous earth. There are claims at parasite control, longevity and all sorts of perks. I know that food '''grade''' diatomaceous earth is used heavily in storing grains - so you are probably already eating lots of diatomaceous earth every time you eat any bread, pasta or other grain based food.
Farmers feed food ' grade diatomaceous earth to their animals to reduce parasites and provide other benefits.
- This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
- The grade of hatchets fiercely thrown / On wigwam-log, and tree, and stone.