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  Degrade \De*grade"\, v. i. (Biol.)
     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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  Degrade \De*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Degraded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Degrading.] [F. d['e]grader, LL. degradare, fr. L.
     de- + gradus step, degree. See Grade, and cf. Degree.]
     1. 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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              Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be
              degraded from the bar.                --Palfrey.
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     2. 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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              O miserable mankind, to what fall
              Degraded, to what wretched state reserved! --Milton.
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              Yet time ennobles or degrades each line. --Pope.
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              Her pride . . . struggled hard against this
              degrading passion.                    --Macaulay.
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     3. (Geol.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and
        mountains; to wear down.
  
     Syn: To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See Abase.
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  Degrade \De*grade"\, v. i. (Biol.)
     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.

  Degrade \De*grade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Degraded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Degrading.] [F. d['e]grader, LL. degradare, fr. L.
     de- + gradus step, degree. See Grade, and cf. Degree.]
     1. 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.
  
              Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be
              degraded from the bar.                --Palfrey.
  
     2. 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.
  
              O miserable mankind, to what fall Degraded, to what
              wretched state reserved!              --Milton.
  
              Yet time ennobles or degrades each line. --Pope.
  
              Her pride . . . struggled hard against this
              degrading passion.                    --Macaulay.
  
     3. (Geol.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and
        mountains; to wear down.
  
     Syn: To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See Abase.

  degrade
       v 1: reduce the level of land, as by erosion [ant: aggrade]
       2: reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends
          to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took
          him down after the lecture" [syn: take down, disgrace,
           demean, put down]
       3: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn: cheapen]

  degrade
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 αποδομώ, αποδομούμαι, επιδεινώνομαι, χειροτερεύω, αλλοιώνω,
  αλλοιώνομαι, παρακμάζω, εκφυλίζω, εκφυλίζομαι
     2 εξευτελίζω, ταπεινώνω, υποβαθμίζω, σπιλώνω, μειώνω

  degrade
     Romanian n.
     color gradient
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: degradar)

  degrade
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To lower in value or social position.
     2 (lb en intransitive ergative) To reduce in quality or purity.
     3 (lb en transitive geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as
  hills and mountains; to wear down.

  degrade
     Romanian n.
     color gradient
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: degradar)

  degrade
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: degradar)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To lower in value or social position.
     2 (lb en intransitive ergative) To reduce in quality or purity.
     3 (lb en transitive geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as
  hills and mountains; to wear down.

  degrade
     Englanti vb.
     1 alentaa, heikentää
     2 halventaa, alentaa
     3 (''biokemia'') hajottaa

  degrade
     Engelska vb.
     1 avsätta, degradera
     2 bryta ned, nöta
     3 nedvärdera

  Degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/
  أذلل

  degrade //diˈɡɹeɪd// //dɪˈɡɹeɪd// 
  1. понижавам, разжалвам
  to lower in value or social position
  2. деградирам, разлагам се, упадам
  to reduce in quality or purity

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  degradovat

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  znehodnotit

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  ponížit

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  diraddio 

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  sich abböschen 
     Synonyms: scarp, slant
  
   see: slope steeply
  

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  jdn./etw. herabwürdigen, herabsetzen, degradieren 
           Note: zu etw.
        "We don't want to see women being degraded to nothing more than sex objects."  - Wir wollen nicht, dass Frauen zu reinen Sexobjekten degradiert werden.
     Synonym: demean sb./sth.
  
   see: degrading, demeaning, degraded, demeaned
  

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  sich zersetzen  [biol.]  [chem.]
     Synonyms: catabolize, decompose
  
   see: catabolizing, decomposing, degrading, catabolized, decomposed, degraded
  

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/
  
  εκφαυλίζω, καθαιρώ, εξευτελίζω, υποβαθμίζω

  degrade //diˈɡɹeɪd// //dɪˈɡɹeɪd// 
  1. alentaa
  to lower in value or social position
  2. alentaa, heikentää
  to reduce in quality or purity

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/ 
  1. पदावनत करना
        "He was degraded from his post."
  2. नष्ट होना
        "The plastic can not be degraded."

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/
  degradirati, razgraditi, spustiti se

  degrade /dɪˈgreɪd/ 
    poniżać, degradować

  degrade /digreid/
  degradar, rebaixar

  degrade //diˈɡɹeɪd// //dɪˈɡɹeɪd// 
  1. degenerera
  2. degradera, nedvärdera
  to lower in value or social position

  degrade /dɪɡɹˈeɪd/
  1. alçaltmak, rezil etmek
  2. rütbesini indirmek
  3. derece itibariyle alçalmak, bozulmak. degrading  alçaltıcı, haysiyet kırıcı.

  
/dɪˈɡɹeɪd/

  143 Moby Thesaurus words for "degrade":
     abase, abash, adulterate, alloy, belittle, boot, bounce, break,
     bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, bring shame upon,
     bump, bust, can, canker, cashier, cast down, cast reproach upon,
     cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, crush, cry down,
     debase, debauch, decry, defile, deflower, defrock, degenerate,
     demean, demerit, demote, denature, deplume, depose, deprave,
     deprecate, depreciate, deprive, derogate, derogate from, desecrate,
     despoil, detract, detract from, devalue, dilute, diminish,
     disapprove of, disbar, discharge, discredit, disemploy,
     disenfranchise, disfranchise, disgrace, disgrade, dishonor,
     dismiss, disparage, displace, displume, distort, downgrade,
     drum out, dump, dump on, expel, fire, furlough, give the ax,
     give the gate, hold in contempt, humble, humiliate,
     impute shame to, infect, kick, kick upstairs, knock, lay off,
     lessen, let go, let out, lower, make little of, make redundant,
     minimize, misuse, mortify, pension off, pervert, pillory, poison,
     pollute, prostitute, put down, put to shame, ravage, ravish,
     read out of, reduce, reflect discredit upon, release, remove,
     replace, reproach, retire, rule out, run down, sack,
     separate forcibly, set down, shame, sink, slight, speak ill of,
     strip, strip of rank, submit to indignity, superannuate, surplus,
     suspend, taint, take down, thin, trip up, turn off, turn out,
     twist, ulcerate, unfrock, unseat, violate, vitiate, vulgarize,
     warp, water down, weaken
  
  

  v. 降格;

     vt.
     vi. (使)降级,(使)堕落,(使)退化