grader en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈɡɹeɪdə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From grade + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 4).
Meanings
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A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces.
The blade-grader is a long steel-framed carriage under which is fixed a steel blade capable of being tilted at various angles: its principal use is in trimming cutting-slopes.
1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 262:
- A machine used to sort food by size or quality.
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One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
the graders of a school examination
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(in-compounds) One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
a first-grader
The episode follows two different stories: in one, the show’s resident bigot, Eric Cartman, is outraged to learn that fellow fourth grader Clyde has risen to prominence as a white nationalist podcaster who makes offensive claims about women, Jewish people, Black people and other minority groups to goad them into debating him in exploitative viral videos (“WOKE STUDENT TOTALLY PWNED”).
2025 August 7, Zach Vasquez, “From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| graders | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
dozer · bulldozer · front-end loader
Deriveds
6th grader · ninth grader · 11th grader · seventh grader · second grader · 8th grader · fifth grader · eleventh grader · twelfth grader · sixth grader · first grader · intragrader · 9th grader · 3rd grader · intergrader · 4th grader · eighth grader · third-grader · 7th grader · 12th grader · 10th grader · fourth grader · 5th grader · 2nd grader · reserve grader · 1st grader · 13th grader · third grader · tenth grader · thirteenth grader
Hypernyms
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Translations (37)
it studente (one who belongs to a certain grade at school) · ru -кла́ссница (one who belongs to a certain grade at school) · fr correcteur (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · sw greda (machine) · es motoniveladora (machine) · ga grádóir (machine) · fi huolittelija (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · tr greyder (machine) · pl równiarka (machine) · ru -кла́ссник (one who belongs to a certain grade at school) · cs srovnávač (machine) · fi tasoitin (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · it livellatrice (machine) · cs srovnávač (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · fi lajittelija (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · ko 모터그레이더 (machine) · ca anivelladora (machine) · sv väghyvel (machine) · ru гре́йдер (machine) · fi tiekarhu (machine) · de Strassenhobel (machine) · da vejhøvl (machine) · fi maantiekarhu (machine) · fi arvostelija (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · pt niveladora (machine) · fi tiehöylä (machine) · fi tasoittaja (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · fr niveleuse (machine) · pt corretor (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · et teehöövel (machine) · fi -luokkalainen (one who belongs to a certain grade at school) · fi arvioija (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · aht łaets nełtʼanʼa (machine) · pt patrola (machine) · fi luokittelija (one who grades or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated) · nv chidí bee naʼalzhoodí (machine) · nb veiskrape (machine)