| means | (verb) make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
shorten |
| means | (verb) become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
dwindle, dwindle down, dwindle away |
| means | (verb) decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
wane |
| means | (verb) become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
slack off, slack, let up, abate, die away |
| means | (verb) fall or diminish; "The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test"
drop off |
| means | (verb) become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
wane |
| means | (verb) become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
shorten |
| means | (verb) become smaller or draw together; "The fabric shrank"; "The balloon shrank"
shrink, contract |
| means | (verb) decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
fall, decrease, diminish, lessen |
| means | (verb) make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
lessen, minify, decrease |
| means | (verb) wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
shrivel up, wither, shrivel, shrink |
| means | (verb) decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"
shrivel, shrink |
| means | (verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left; "The sauce should reduce to one cup"
decoct, reduce, concentrate, boil down |
| means | (verb) grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
wane, decline, go down |
| means | (verb) make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
slacken, relax, slack, slack up |
| means | (verb) lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
belittle, diminish |
| means | (verb) reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?"
reduce, shrink |
| means | (verb) make less active or intense
slake, slack, abate |
| means | (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit
pare, pare down |
| means | (verb) cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
trim, cut down, cut, cut back, reduce, trim back, trim down, bring down |
| means | (verb) cook until very little liquid is left; "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time"
reduce, boil down, concentrate |
| means | (verb) make lower or quieter; "turn down the volume of a radio"
lower, turn down, lour |
| means | (verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened"
shorten, reduce, abbreviate, contract, abridge, cut, foreshorten |
| means | (verb) become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
slow up, slow, slacken, slow down, slack |
| means | (verb) use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
deplete, wipe out, run through, exhaust, use up, eat, eat up, consume |
| means | (verb) to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
deoxidise, reduce, deoxidize |
| means | (verb) become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
slacken |
| means | (verb) cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
lower, depress |
| means | (verb) make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches"
shorten |
| means | (verb) assume a disappointed or sad expression; "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
fall |
| means | (verb) wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
subside, lessen |
| means | (verb) to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
drop |
| means | (verb) sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
settle, subside |
| means | (verb) be cast down; "his eyes fell"
fall |
| means | (verb) grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
worsen, decline |
| means | (verb) lower the pitch of (musical notes)
drop, flatten |