A machine used in road maintenance and construction for leveling large surfaces. / A machine used to sort food by size or quality.

A rating. / (chiefly Canada, US) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.

(chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance. / To organize in grades.

In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly. / (obsolete) by degrees

Proceeding or advancing by small, slow, regular steps or degrees

(Christianity) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.

A slope or incline. / A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.

Moving by steps; walking. / Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination. / Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

(US, rarely Canada, education) An elementary school or primary school

(often attributive) A standard of purity suitable for medicinal use.