Suitable for human or animal food. / Permitted to be used with or to contact food; safe for use with or around food.

(sports, Australia, New Zealand) A second division in a sporting league or competition.

(of a junction) Having routes that meet cross each other on different levels, avoiding the conflicts that occur with a flat junction at only one level.

(US, education) The year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.

(education) Synonym of kindergarten / (US, education) A hypothetical year of grade school before first grade.

present participle of grade on a curve

simple past tense and past participle of grade on a curve

(anthropology) An organized, culturally defined social category of people with membership based on age; in some societies it is entered automatically when one reaches a certain age, while in others it is entered through an initiation rite and/or the payment of a fee.

(US, slang, derogatory) The practice of students (especially those in college) attempting to negotiate or suck up for better grades.

(US, slang, derogatory) Engaging in grade grubbing.