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English to English verb
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reduce the level of land, as by erosion |  | source: wordnet30
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reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | | Example: She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture
source: wordnet30
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lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | | source: wordnet30
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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: webster1913
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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: webster1913
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