degradare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abase verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- degrade verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
- reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
Senses
degradare is used for these senses in English:
- abase (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470]
- break (transitive, military, most often in the, _, passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- degrade (transitive) To lower in value or social position.
- degrade (intransitive, ergative) To reduce in quality or purity.
abase — full definition
- verb To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
break — full definition
- verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
- verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
- verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
- noun A short pause or rest from an activity.