Decrease and Clip

decrease

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

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

clip

A metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun.
- synonyms: cartridge holder, cartridge clip, magazine
An instance or single occasion for some event.
- usage: "this time he succeeded"; "he called four times"; "he could do ten at a clip"
- synonyms: time
Any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together.
An article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress.
The act of clipping or snipping.
- synonyms: clipping, snip
A sharp slanting blow.
- usage: "he gave me a clip on the ear"

Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.
- usage: "nip off the flowers"
- synonyms: nip, nip off, snip, snip off
Run at a moderately swift pace.
- synonyms: trot, jog
Attach with a clip.
- usage: "clip the papers together"
Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
- usage: "dress the plants in the garden"
- synonyms: snip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent.
- usage: "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
- synonyms: curtail, cut short

(v.t.) To embrace, hence; to encompass.
(v.i.) To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
(n.) An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree.
(n.) A cutting; a shearing.
(n.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak.
(n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip.
(v.t.) To curtail; to cut short.
(n.) An embrace.
(n.) The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.
(n.) A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.
(v.t.) To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
(n.) A part, attachment or appendage, for seizing, clasping or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.
(n.) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
(n.) A rapid gait.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary