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🏞️ To change slope 📝 To give new marks 📝 A new grading
to regrade

to regrade

1 5.6
To change the slope of land to make it drain better
  • verb
  • /riːˈɡreɪd/
: reperfilado
  • The construction crew will regrade the parking lot to improve drainage and accessibility.

Examples

  • A lot of the reviews say the Pemberton trail has been ruined since the county regraded it and took out all the hard stuff.

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  • After heavy rain, they decided to regrade the garden path to prevent flooding.

  • To ensure better water flow, the landscapers will regrade the sloped land behind the house.

How Extensive

to overhaul
39 4.6
to remodel
92 3.7
to regrade
1 5.6
tweak
35 3.9

Surface Forms

regrade infinitive
regraded past
regraded past participle
regrading present participle
regrades third person singular

Morphology

regrade = grade (transparent) = re + grade

The prefix 're-' keeps its ordinary meaning 'again', so both 'grade again' and 'level the land again' are compositionally clear from the base verb.

Etymology

Regrade is made of re- ('again') and grade ('level' or 'slope'), so the word can mean either to give a new mark or to change the slope of land to a different level.