Anagrams of: OVERGRADING

• greyish Old World turtledove with a black band around the neck; often caged

• Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck

• (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point

• paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

• (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare

• a long fixed look

• the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

• a feeling of friendship and esteem

• an attitude of admiration or esteem

• deem to be

• look at attentively

• connect closely and often incriminatingly

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• escape, either physically or mentally

• practice evasion

• use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid

• a region marking a boundary

• the limit beyond which something happens or changes

• a ceremonial or emblematic staff

• a grass border along a road

• border on; come close to

• a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

• a moving crowd

• a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone

• death of a person

• a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

• a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

• dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it

• carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface