Decrease and Cascade

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.

noun

• A small waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
• A succession of stages or operations or processes or units.
  • usage: "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"
• A sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower.
  • usage: "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"
  • synonyms: shower

verb

• Rush down in big quantities, like a cascade.
  • synonyms: cascade down
• Arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible. .

• (v.i.) To vomit.
• (v.i.) To fall in a cascade.
• (n.) A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.