"degrade gracefully" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "degrades gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "degrading gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "degraded gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "degraded gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "degrade gracefully (third-person singular simple present degrades gracefully, present participle degrading gracefully, simple past and past participle degraded gracefully)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available."
      ],
      "id": "en-degrade_gracefully-en-verb-RJ66ulkp",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "functionality",
          "functionality"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ],
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly computing) Of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "graceful degradation"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "degrade gracefully"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "degrades gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "degrading gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "degraded gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "degraded gracefully",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "degrade gracefully (third-person singular simple present degrades gracefully, present participle degrading gracefully, simple past and past participle degraded gracefully)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "graceful degradation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "functionality",
          "functionality"
        ],
        [
          "feature",
          "feature"
        ],
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly computing) Of a system: to maintain at least some of its functionality when portions are not working, or when certain features are not available."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "degrade gracefully"
}