rebaixar — meaning in English

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.
• cheapen verb To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.
• debase verb To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
• lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
• reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.

Senses

rebaixar 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]
• cheapen (transitive) To make vulgar.
• countersink (transitive) To create such a conical recess.
• debase (transitive) To lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
• lower (computing, transitive) To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.

abase — full definition

1. 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.
2. verb To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
3. verb To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.

cheapen — full definition

1. verb To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper.
2. verb To make vulgar.
3. verb To become cheaper.
4. verb To bargain for, ask the price of.

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