degrade
41degrade — v. a. 1. Disgrace, dishonor, discredit, break, cashier, humiliate, humble, depose, reduce to inferior rank. 2. Lower, sink, deteriorate, impair, injure, debase, vitiate, pervert, alloy …
42degrade — v 1. demote, downgrade, lower or reduce in rank, dismiss or remove from office, declass, break or strip of rank, disrate, cashier, Mil. drum out, Mil. Sl. bust, Inf. kick upstairs, disbar, defrock or unfrock; depose, unseat, dethrone, Rare.… …
43degrade — de·grade …
44degrade — verb Syn: demean, debase, humiliate, humble, belittle, mortify, dehumanize, brutalize Ant: dignify …
45degrade — [dɪˈgreɪd] verb 1) [T] to treat someone very badly so that they lose the respect of other people 2) [I] science if a substance degrades, it separates into the different substances that it consists of degradation [ˌdegrəˈdeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …
46degrade — de•grade [[t]dɪˈgreɪd[/t]] or, for 3, [[t]di [/t]] v. grad•ed, grad•ing 1) to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt 2) to lower in character or quality; debase 3) to reduce (someone) to a lower rank, etc., esp. as a punishment 4) to …
47dégradé — adj. => Détérioré …
48degrade — See degradation …
49degrade — See degradation …
50degrade — v. 1 tr. reduce to a lower rank, esp. as a punishment. 2 tr. bring into dishonour or contempt. 3 tr. Chem. reduce to a simpler molecular structure. 4 tr. Physics reduce (energy) to a less convertible form. 5 tr. Geol. wear down (rocks etc.) by… …
