Etymology: [ di-'grAd, dE- ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Old French degrader, from Late Latin degradare, from Latin de- + gradus step, grade; more at GRADE.
Present participle of degrade, that degrades, harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence", humiliating, lowering, a degrading experience, event etc is unpleasant and makes you lose respect for yourself degrading to, used of conduct; characterized by dishonor, To lower in value or social position, To reduce in quality or purity, humiliate, dishonor; reduce (in size, amount, etc.); break down (Chemistry), 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, 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, lower the grade of something; reduce its worth reduce the level of land, as by erosion, 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, To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down, reduce the level of land, as by erosion, break down, To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment, Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. the notion that pornography degrades women When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that. + degrading de·grad·ing Mr Porter was subjected to a degrading strip-search. = humiliating, reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture", In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil. the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose. = break down, lower the grade of something; reduce its worth, Any defect that lowers the grade or quality of a log, Reduce the information content of, According to W3C recommendations web pages should 'degrade gracefully', meaning that they should be displayed in roughly the same way across different platforms and browsers For example, web sites using style sheets should still display text and images in a logical order when viewed in old or non-standard compliant browser where style sheets or certain types of mark-up are not supported and therefore ignored (see also: Linearised table), According to W3C recommendations web pages should 'degrade gracefully', meaning that they should be displayed across different platforms and browsers in such a way that the content of a page still makes sense For example, web sites using style sheets for layout should still display text, images, navigation and content in a linearised logical order when viewed in old or non-standard compliant browser where style sheets or certain types of mark-up are not supported and therefore ignored (see also: Linearised table),
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Present participle of degrade
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that degrades
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harmful to the mind or morals; "corrupt judges and their corrupting influence"; "the vicious and degrading cult of violence"
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humiliating, lowering sıfat
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a degrading experience, event etc is unpleasant and makes you lose respect for yourself degrading to
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used of conduct; characterized by dishonor
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To lower in value or social position - "Fred degrades himself by his behaviour."
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To reduce in quality or purity - "The DNA sample has degraded."
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humiliate, dishonor; reduce (in size, amount, etc.); break down (Chemistry) fiil
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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
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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
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degrade
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth reduce the level of land, as by erosion
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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
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To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down
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degrade
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
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degrade
break down
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To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment
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Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. the notion that pornography degrades women When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that. + degrading de·grad·ing Mr Porter was subjected to a degrading strip-search. = humiliating
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degrade
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
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In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil. the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose. = break down
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degrade
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
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Any defect that lowers the grade or quality of a log
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Reduce the information content of
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According to W3C recommendations web pages should 'degrade gracefully', meaning that they should be displayed in roughly the same way across different platforms and browsers For example, web sites using style sheets should still display text and images in a logical order when viewed in old or non-standard compliant browser where style sheets or certain types of mark-up are not supported and therefore ignored (see also: Linearised table)
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According to W3C recommendations web pages should 'degrade gracefully', meaning that they should be displayed across different platforms and browsers in such a way that the content of a page still makes sense For example, web sites using style sheets for layout should still display text, images, navigation and content in a linearised logical order when viewed in old or non-standard compliant browser where style sheets or certain types of mark-up are not supported and therefore ignored (see also: Linearised table)
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