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Meanings of aggrade in English

Build up to a level by depositing sediment.

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Examples for "degrade"
Examples for "degrade"
1
However, the PBG fibers investigated tended to degrade too quickly for application.
Pubmed
2
But as time marches on, our bodies begin to age and degrade.
BBC
3
The attack does not significantly degrade the military capabilities of Bashar al-Assad.
The Guardian
4
Haven't they used his pleasant vices as an instrument to degrade him?
Brave New World
5
And please let's not let this degrade into an OS superiority contest.
Wired
Usage of aggrade in English
1
After building this sheet of waste the streams ceased to aggrade and began the work of destruction.
The Elements of Geology
2
Flood-plain deposits of great thickness may be built by aggrading rivers even in valleys whose rock floors have never been thus widened.
The Elements of Geology
3
While aggrading streams thus tend to shift their channels, degrading streams, on the contrary, become more and more deeply intrenched in their valleys.
The Elements of Geology
Aggrade through the time