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    [Verb]  | "de*base" | \ di-ˈbās \


    1: to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character

    2: to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content

    3: to reduce the exchange value of (a monetary unit)

    Origin: 1565 ;

    [Noun]  | "self-de*base*ment" | \ ˌself-di-ˈbās-mənt \


    1: the act or process of lowering oneself in status, esteem, quality, or character : the act or process of debasing oneself

    Origin: 1646 ;

    [Noun]  | "debasement" 


    1: a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior;


      * e.g., " ... the debasement of professional sports to a shamelessly commercial enterprise "



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    [Verb]  | "debase" 


    1: to lower in character, dignity, or quality;


      * e.g., " ... we debase ourselves when we adopt the moral code and behavior of our despised enemies "




    2: to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes;


      * e.g., " ... our failure to win a single game completely debased us "




     [ "debasement" ]

    1: the floor of a house that is underground

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Where the fuck is the beer? 

     [ "debaser" ]

    1: Coined on the Pixies Doolittle album, meaning one who debases, or to lower in character, degrade, deteriorate, or move to a lower state of quality.

      * e.g.,  ... "Wanna grow up to be, be a debaser" 

     [ "Debasement" ]

    1: 1). To take part in debauched or otherwise immoral behaviour. 2). To devalue a currency.

      * e.g.,  ... Jay and Alex were getting up to some serious debasement yesterday. 

     [ "Debaser" ]

    1: its a song by the pixies.

      * e.g.,  ... "i want to grow up to be a debaser" 

     [ "Debaser" ]

    1: A song by the pictures about Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali's 1929 surreal 16 minute masterpiece "Un Chien Andalou" (An Andalucian Dog).

      * e.g.,  ... Did you idiots know that Debaser was about "un chien andalou"? 

     [ "debaser" ]

    1: A really great song by the Pixies, and it's really none of the other stupid definitions above this one. Why do people write stuff like that? it's stupid.

      * e.g.,  ... I wanna grow...up to be...be a debaser! 

     [ "debaser" ]

    1: The opposite of an base: an acid.

      * e.g.,  ... Hyrdochloric acid is not a base, therefore it is a debaser. 

     [ "Debaser" ]

    1: Debaser o debaser.

      * e.g.,  ... Quincy : Can I lick your pee-pee? 

     [ "Debase" ]

    1: The deplorable 35% of Americans who think Donald Trump is the man.

      * e.g.,  ... If anyone in Debase could read do you think Maryanne Trump’s new book would bother them? 

     [ "self-debasing" ]

    1: To lower the dignity of oneself, to lower the value, significance

      * e.g.,  ... Rocco, why are you self-debasing yourself for money? 

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