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Definition of 'degrade'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) degrade
to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt.

2.  degrade
to lower in character or quality; debase.

3.  degrade
to reduce (someone) to a lower rank, etc., esp. as a punishment.

4.  degrade
to reduce in amount, strength, intensity, etc.

5.  degrade
to wear down by erosion, as hills.

6.  degrade
to break down (an organic compound).

7. (v.i.) degrade
to worsen; deteriorate.

8.  degrade
(esp. of an organic compound) to break down or decompose.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < LL dēgradāre= L dē-de - + -gradāre, der. of L gradusgrade)

Definition of 'degrade'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) degrade
reduce the level of land, as by erosion

2. (verb) take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
"She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

3. (verb) degrade, cheapen
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

Definition of 'degrade'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) degrade
to reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer

2. (verb) degrade
to reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man

3. (verb) degrade
to reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down

4. (verb) degrade
to degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera

Translation of 'degrade'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to disgrace or make contemptible He felt degraded by having to ask for money.
Afrikaans: verlaag, verneder	Arabic: يَحُطُّ من قَدْر	Bulgarian: унижавам
Brazilian: rebaixar	Czech: ponížit	German: erniedrigen
Danish: fornedre; nedværdige	Greek: υποβιβάζω, ταπεινώνω	Spanish: degradar
Estonian: alandama	Farsi: خوار و خفیف کردن؛ کم ارزش	Finnish: alentaa
French: dégrader	Hebrew: לְהַשפִּיל	Hindi: अपमानजक महसूस करना
Croatian: svrgnuti, degradirati	Hungarian: lealacsonyít; lealacsonyo	Indonesian: mempermalukan
Icelandic: óvirða, smána	Italian: degradare	Japanese: 体面を傷つける
Korean: 강등시키다, 모욕하다	Lithuanian: (pa)žeminti	Latvian: degradēt; pazemot; pazemi
Malay: merendahkan	Dutch: vernederen	Norwegian: fornedre, nedverdige, for
Polish: poniżyć	Persian: خوار و خفیف کردن؛ کم ارزش	Pashto: له اوچتى رتبې څخه ټيتى رت
Portuguese: rebaixar	Romanian: a umili	Russian: унижать(ся)
Slovak: ponížiť	Slovenian: ponižati	Serbian: degradirati
Swedish: förnedra, förödmjuka	Thai: ทำให้ต่ำต้อย	Turkish: aşağılamak, küçük düşürme
Taiwanese: 貶低，使受屈辱	Ukrainian: деградувати; принижувати	Urdu: ذلیل کرنا ، بے عزّت کرنا
Vietnamese: làm mất danh giá	Chinese: 使卑微，使受屈辱
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