degrade

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. 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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. Source: opted

4. v. i. 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. Source: opted

5. v. reduce the level of land, as by erosion Source: wordnet

6. v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally Source: wordnet

7. v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth Source: wordnet

8. 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. He 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. 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. Source: webster

9. To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; towear down. Source: adambom

10. v:100 v. reduce the level of land, as by erosion v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth Source: ecdict

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