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| degraded | |
| 1. adj. Feeling or having undergone degradation; deprived of dignity or self-respect. |  |
| 2. adj. (biology) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts. | |
| 3. adj. (heraldry, not comparable) Having steps; said of a cross whose extremities end in steps growing larger as they leave the centre; on degrees. | |
| degrade | |
| 1. v. To lower in value or social position. | |
| Fred degrades himself by his behaviour. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To reduce in quality or purity. | |
| The DNA sample has degraded. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. | |
