Decrease and Bleed

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (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.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

verb

• Lose blood from one's body.
  • synonyms: shed blood, hemorrhage
• Draw blood.
  • usage: "In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment"
  • synonyms: leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise
• Get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone.
  • usage: "They bled me dry-I have nothing left"
• Be diffused.
  • usage: "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run"
  • synonyms: run
• Drain of liquid or steam.
  • usage: "bleed the radiators"; "the mechanic bled the engine"

• (v.i.) To withdraw blood from the body; to let blood; as, Dr. A. bleeds in fevers.
• (v.i.) To lose or shed one's blood, as in case of a violent death or severe wounds; to die by violence.
• (v.i.) To pay or lose money; to have money drawn or extorted; as, to bleed freely for a cause.
• (v.t.) To let blood from; to take or draw blood from, as by opening a vein.
• (v.t.) To draw money from (one); to induce to pay; as, they bled him freely for this fund.
• (v.i.) To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.
• (v.i.) To issue forth or drop, as blood from an incision.
• (v.t.) To lose, as blood; to emit or let drop, as sap.
• (v.i.) To lose sap, gum or juice; as, a tree or a vine bleeds when tapped or wounded.