Decrease and Coast

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

• The shore of a sea or ocean.
  • synonyms: seashore, seacoast, sea-coast
• A slope down which sleds may coast.
  • usage: "when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course"
• The area within view.
  • usage: "the coast is clear"
• The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it.
  • usage: "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"
  • synonyms: slide, glide

verb

• Move effortlessly; by force of gravity. .

• (v.t.) To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.
• (v.t.) The exterior line, limit or border of a country; frontier border.
• (v.t.) The side of a thing.
• (v.t.) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
• (n.) To sail from port to port in the same country.
• (n.) To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice.
• (v.t.) The seashore or land near it.
• (n.) To sail by or near the shore.
• (n.) To draw or keep near; to approach.
• (v.t.) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near or by the side of.