Grading
['ɡredɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface.
Editor: Lyle--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grade
(n.) The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade.
Checker: Willa
Examples
- Because of these facts, engineers spend great sums in grading down railroad beds, making them as nearly level as possible. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- His experiments made him doubtful of the possibility of running such railroads, unless a great amount of very expensive tunneling and grading were first done. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Typed by Borg