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v. reduce the level of land, as by erosion

v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down

v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

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decline, go down, wane

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue

v. lose in value; "The dollar depreciated again"

deprecate, depreciate, vilipend

v. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

devalue

v. lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"

sag, droop, swag, flag

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

misdirect, misaddress

v. put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"

take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down

v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture"

humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

v. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

lower, lour

v. set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

turn down

v. take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

deflate

v. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"

demoralize

v. confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

underestimate, underrate

v. make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

misdirect, misaddress

v. put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter"

shame

v. cause to be ashamed

degrade, cheapen

v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

lower, lour

v. set lower; "lower a rating"; "lower expectations"

turn down

v. take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

embarrass, abash

v. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

put

v. adapt; "put these words to music"

aggrade

v. build up to a level by depositing sediment

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