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Meaning of degrade

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}, {degrade},
         {disgrace}, {demean}, {put down}]
      3: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn:
         {degrade}, {cheapen}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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