grader
[grey-der]
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Origin of grader
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Contemporary Examples
In 2012, as a 10th grader, Lean says he recorded his first legitimate song, “Hurt.”
The Cult of Yung Lean: ‘I’m Building An Anarchistic Society From the Ground Up’Marlow Stern
January 4, 2015
Jeff Foxworthy, host of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
Remember the Fox television show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Are You Smarter Than a Mouse? Excerpt from Smarter: The New Science of Building Brain PowerDan Hurley
January 10, 2014
Faking an illness is an accusation you would hurl at a third grader who wants to stay home from school.
"I never saw her without a smile," Aimee Seaver, the mother of a first grader, told CNN.
Historical Examples
The apron is operated by gearing from the rear wheels of the grader.
American Rural HighwaysT. R. Agg
The surface is finally smoothed by means of the grader and drag.
American Rural HighwaysT. R. Agg
"If you're in Miss Ames' room, you are a fourth grader," said Mr. Oliver pleasantly.
RosemaryJosephine Lawrence
The grader gang formed a ring about the combatants and waited.
The Brown MouseHerbert Quick
Pike, he said, had come out as a grader, but it had been a long time since he had done any work.
Track's EndHayden Carruth
grader
- a person or thing that grades
- a machine, either self-powered or towed by a tractor, that levels earth, rubble, etc, as in road construction
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Word Origin and History for grader
n.
1868, of machines; 1870, of persons, agent noun from grade (v.).
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