to degrade

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stoop
disgrade
To reduce in quality or purity

The DNA sample has degraded.

to take away honors or position from
{v} to lessen, place lower, disgrace, turn out
To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down
reduce the level of land, as by erosion
Any defect that lowers the grade or quality of a log
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)
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 lower in value or social position
Reduce the information content of
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth
To degrade something means to cause it to get worse. the ability to meet human needs indefinitely without degrading the environment
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
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)
lower the grade of something; reduce its worth reduce the level of land, as by erosion
break down
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"
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
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
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
{f} humiliate, dishonor; reduce (in size, amount, etc.); break down (Chemistry)
to degrade

    Hyphenation

    to de·grade

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı dîgreyd

    Pronunciation

    /tə dəˈgrād/ /tə dɪˈɡreɪd/
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