| devalue |
to decrease or annul the value, worth, or importance of. [1/2 definitions] |
| dim |
to decrease the amount of light, brilliance, or distinctness of or in. [1/9 definitions] |
| diminish |
to decrease or abate; dwindle. [2/3 definitions] |
| diminuendo |
a gradual decrease in loudness or force, esp. in music; decrescendo. [1/3 definitions] |
| diminution |
the act, process, or result of diminishing; decrease. |
| dip |
to decrease slightly, as prices or income. [2/15 definitions] |
| dive |
a sharp decrease in something measurable, such as prices or temperature. [1/12 definitions] |
| drop-off |
a marked decline or decrease. [1/2 definitions] |
| fade-out |
a gradual decrease in the sharpness of focus or visibility of a scene or image in film or television, or in the audibility of sound in broadcasting. |
| fall off |
to decline, decrease, or diminish. |
| fluoridate |
to add a fluoride to (a water supply) in order to decrease or prevent tooth decay. |
| go down |
to decrease or descend. [1/5 definitions] |
| inversion |
a reversal of the usual temperature pattern in the atmosphere, so that there is an increase in temperature, rather than a decrease, at higher altitudes. [1/4 definitions] |
| knockdown |
a decrease, as of a rate or price. [1/6 definitions] |
| letup |
a pronounced decrease in intensity; abatement. [1/2 definitions] |
| ooze1 |
to decrease or be lost gradually. [1/7 definitions] |
| pernicious anemia |
a severe anemia in which red blood cells decrease in number and increase in size that is caused largely by a deficiency of vitamin B12. |
| peter out |
to decrease very, very gradually until nothing remains; dwindle to nothing. |
| population explosion |
a great expansion in a biological population, esp. of humans in the twentieth century, resulting from a continued high birth rate combined with a decrease in child mortality and an increase in longevity. |
| red shift |
the tendency of light waves from distant luminous bodies such as galaxies to decrease in frequency with movement away from the observer. (See Doppler effect.) |
| reduce |
to decrease in weight, or to lose weight intentionally through dieting. [1/8 definitions] |