Definition of decrease

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Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December..

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Waste :: Waste (v.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc..
Steel :: Steel (n.) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon..
Slacken :: Slacken (a.) To become slack; to be made less tense, firm, or rigid; to decrease in tension; as, a wet cord slackens in dry weather..
Disencrese :: Disencrese (n.) Decrease.
Decreaseless :: Decreaseless (a.) Suffering no decrease.
Decreased :: Decreased (imp. & p. p.) of Decreas.
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Fall :: Fall (n.) Diminution or decrease in price or value; depreciation; as, the fall of prices; the fall of rents..
Rallentando :: Rallentando (a.) Slackening; -- a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.
Wane :: Wane (v. t.) To cause to decrease.
Short :: Short (v. i.) To fail; to decrease.
Decrease :: Decrease (v.) The wane of the moon.
Decrease :: Decrease (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December..
Decrease :: Decrease (v. t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means..
Decrew :: Decrew (v. i.) To decrease.
Imminution :: Imminution (n.) A lessening; diminution; decrease.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Maximum :: Maximum (n.) The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum..
Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates..
Wane :: Wane (n.) The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
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