Associations to the word «Degrade»

Wiktionary

DEGRADE, verb. (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
DEGRADE, verb. (intransitive) To reduce in quality or purity.
DEGRADE, verb. (transitive) (geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.

Dictionary definition

DEGRADE, verb. Reduce the level of land, as by erosion.
DEGRADE, verb. Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture".
DEGRADE, verb. Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke