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| accelerando |
gradually speeding up in tempo (used as a musical direction). |
| acquire |
to come to possess, esp. gradually over time. [1/2 definitions] |
| allargando |
gradually slower and broader, with more weight or power (used as a musical direction). |
| bilge |
water that gradually collects in that part of a ship. [1/5 definitions] |
| bungee jumping |
a recreational activity in which a person harnessed to the end of a long, anchored, elasticized rope, or bungee, steps off a height, rapidly drops hundreds of feet in the air, then bounces up and back down, repeatedly, while the movement gradually slows to a stop. |
| by degrees |
by steps or stages; gradually. |
| conservatism |
a political preference for maintaining established institutions and customs and changing only gradually, or the acts and practices resulting from this preference. [1/2 definitions] |
| corrosion |
the act, process, or condition of being dissolved or eaten away gradually, esp. by chemical action. [1/2 definitions] |
| creep |
to shift gradually out of place, as machine parts or loose soil. [1/12 definitions] |
| crescendo |
gradually growing in loudness, force, or intensity (usu. used as a musical direction). (Cf. decrescendo.) [1/5 definitions] |
| decline |
to grow weaker or smaller gradually. [1/4 definitions] |
| decompress |
gradually to return (a person such as a diver who has been under compression) to normal air pressure. [1/3 definitions] |
| decrement |
the act or process of gradually decreasing or lessening. [1/2 definitions] |
| decrescendo |
gradually decreasing in loudness, force, or intensity (usu. used as a musical direction). (Cf. crescendo.) [2/5 definitions] |
| deliquesce |
to dissolve gradually and change into a liquid by absorbing moisture from the air. [1/3 definitions] |
| develop |
to emerge gradually; unfold. [1/10 definitions] |
| die1 |
to fade away; gradually disappear (usually followed by "away", "down", or "out"). [1/4 definitions] |
| die away |
of a sound, to reduce in volume gradually. |
| die off |
(of animals or plants) to die one after another, gradually decreasing the total number within a population. |
| die out |
to gradually disappear; fade. [1/2 definitions] |
| diminuendo |
gradually decreasing in loudness or force; decrescendo (used as a musical direction). [1/3 definitions] |
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