gradation n. 1. (ling.) vowel ~ 2. a ~ in grade n. [['mark, rating']] (esp. AE) 1. to make out ~s; to give a ~ 2. to get, receive a ~ 3. an excellent, high; failing; fair, mediocre; low; passing ~ 4. (a student's) average ~s [['standard']] 5. to make the ~ 6. a high; low; medium; prime ~ [['degree of descent, rise']] 7. a slight; steep ~ graduate I n. a college (AE), university; high-school (AE) ~ II v. 1. (D; intr.) to ~ from (to ~ from college) 2. (misc.) to ~ with honors, cum laude graduate studies n. to pursue ~ graduate work n. to do ~ graduation n. 1. a college; high-school (AE) ~ 2. ~ from (~ from college) 3. on ~ (on ~ from college, she got a good job) graduation exercises n. to hold ~ graft I n. [['act of grafting, inserting']] 1. to do a ~ 2. a bone; skin ~ 3. a (skin) ~ takes [['bribes']] 4. ~ and corruption [['work']] (colloq.) (BE) 5. hard ~ II v. (D; tr.) to ~ on to, onto grain n. [['food plants']] 1. to grow ~ 2. to store ~ [['texture']] 3. a fine; rough; smooth ~ 4. against the ~; with the ~ [['misc.']] 5. to take smt. with a ~ of salt ('to be skeptical about smt.') grammar n. comparative; descriptive; functional; generative; historical; prescriptive; structuralist; systemic; transformational ~ grand adj. see great grandeur n. delusions of ~ grant I n. 1. to award, give a ~ 2. a block; cash; categorical (AE); federal (AE); government; matching; research ~ 3. a ~ for (a ~ for research on folklore) 4. a ~ to + inf. (we received a ~ to attend the conference) II v. 1. (A) the government ~ed a pension to her; or: the government ~ed her a pension 2. (L; may have an object) I ~ (you) that this is true 3. (formal) (M) I ~ this to be true granted adj. 1. to take smb. for ~ ('to assume that smb. will agree, cooperate') 2. to take smt. for ~ ('to assume that smt. is certain to happen') grapefruit n. 1. pink; seedless; white ~ 2. (misc.) half a ~; a ~ section grapes n. 1. to pick ~ 2. to press ~ 3. seedless; sweet ~ 4. a bunch of ~ 5. (usu. fig.) sour ~ grapevine n. [['circulation of rumors, gossip']] by, through the ~ (to hear news through the ~) graphics n. computer ~ grapple v. 1. (d; intr.) to ~ for (they ~d for the key) 2. (d; intr.) to ~ with (to ~ with a problem) grasp I n. [['comprehension']] 1. a firm; thorough ~ 2. an intuitive ~ [['reach']] 3. beyond one's ~; within one's ~ II v. 1. (d; intr.) to ~ at, for 2. (D;tr.) to ~ by (to ~ smb. by the arm)