degenerate

verb (degenerate, degenerates, degenerated, degenerating); adjective (degenerate)

«degenerate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

(verb) To degenerate is to get worse, falling from a good state into a worse one. tree →
(adjective) Degenerate means having fallen to a lower or worse state than before. tree →

In the lessons

in lessons, a plan or a game degenerates into nonsense; in old tales, a degenerate creature has lost its good qualities

Examples

The game degenerated into a shouting match. tree →
Over the years the castle degenerated into ruins. tree →
The degenerate creature had lost all its old strength. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

Here it describes a vine that has turned wild and bad, showing how Israel fell away from the good stock God planted.

Interpretation. Jeremiah uses the picture of a noble vine gone wrong to show Israel's fall from loyalty to God. Tradition reads it as a call to return.

Examples

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto Me? (Prophets JER.2.21, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «degenerate» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«degenerate» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «degenerate» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«degenerate» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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