unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
According to W3C recommendations web pages should 'degrade gracefully', meaning that they should be displayed across different platforms and browsers in such a way that the content of a page still makes sense For example, web sites using style sheets for layout should still display text, images, navigation and content in a linearised logical order when viewed in old or non-standard compliant browser where style sheets or certain types of mark-up are not supported and therefore ignored (see also: Linearised table)
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
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
According to W3C recommendations web pages should 'degrade gracefully', meaning that they should be displayed in roughly the same way across different platforms and browsers For example, web sites using style sheets should still display text and images in a logical order when viewed in old or non-standard compliant browser where style sheets or certain types of mark-up are not supported and therefore ignored (see also: Linearised table)
Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them. the notion that pornography degrades women When I asked him if he had ever been to a prostitute he said he wouldn't degrade himself like that. + degrading de·grad·ing Mr Porter was subjected to a degrading strip-search. = humiliating
To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man
In science, if a substance degrades or if something degrades it, it changes chemically and decays or separates into different substances. This substance degrades rapidly in the soil. the ability of these enzymes to degrade cellulose. = break down
[ di-'grAd, dE- ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Old French degrader, from Late Latin degradare, from Latin de- + gradus step, grade; more at GRADE.