OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 24203

degrade

/dɪˈɡɹeɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
degradar
To lower in value or social position.
Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
[…] [William] Prynne was sentenced by the Star-Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar, to stand in pillory at two places in London and lose an ear at each, to be branded on the…
degradar
To reduce in quality or purity.
The DNA sample has degraded.
erosionar
To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.