DECREASING
decreasing
(adjective) becoming less or smaller
decreasing
(adjective) (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
decreasing
present participle of decrease
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
De*creas"ing, a.
Definition: Becoming less and less; diminishing.
– De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.
DECREASE
De*crease", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased; p. pr. & vb. n. Decreasing.] Etym: [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. décroître, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See Crescent, and cf. Increase.]
Definition: 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. He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30.
Syn.
– To Decrease, Diminish. Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and from within, or through some cause which is imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold decreases; their affection has decreased. Things commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by disease; his property is diminishing through extravagance; their affection has diminished since their separation their separation. The turn of thought, however, is often such that these words may be interchanged. The olive leaf, which certainly them told The flood decreased. Drayton. Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. Pope.
De*crease", v. t.
Definition: To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means. That might decrease their present store. Prior.
De*crease", n. Etym: [OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v.]
1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
2. The wane of the moon. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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