Decrease and Crack

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

crack

A long narrow opening.
- synonyms: cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
A narrow opening.
- usage: "he opened the window a crack"
- synonyms: gap
A long narrow depression in a surface.
- synonyms: crevice, cranny, fissure, chap
A sudden sharp noise.
- usage: "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
- synonyms: cracking, snap
A chance to do something.
- usage: "he wanted a shot at the champion"
- synonyms: shot
Witty remark.
- synonyms: wisecrack, sally, quip
A blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts.
- usage: "there was a crack in the mirror"
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive.
- synonyms: crack cocaine, tornado
A usually brief attempt.
- usage: "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
- synonyms: fling, go, pass, whirl, offer
The act of cracking something.
- synonyms: fracture, cracking

Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.
- usage: "The glass cracked when it was heated"
- synonyms: check, break
Make a very sharp explosive sound.
- usage: "His gun cracked"
Make a sharp sound.
- usage: "his fingers snapped"
- synonyms: snap
Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise.
- usage: "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
Pass through (a barrier. )
- usage: "Registrations cracked through the 30, 000 mark in the county"
- synonyms: break through
Break partially but keep its integrity.
- usage: "The glass cracked"
Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.
- usage: "The pipe snapped"
- synonyms: snap
Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions.
- usage: "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
Suffer a nervous breakdown.
- synonyms: crack up, crock up, break up, collapse
Tell spontaneously.
- usage: "crack a joke"
Cause to become cracked.
- usage: "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking.
Break into simpler molecules by means of heat.
- usage: "The petroleum cracked"

Of the highest quality.
- usage: "an ace reporter"; "a crack shot"; "a first-rate golfer"; "a super party"; "played top-notch tennis"; "an athlete in tiptop condition"; "she is absolutely tops"
- synonyms: ace, A-one, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, top-notch, tops

(n.) Rupture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.
(n.) Breach of chastity.
(v.i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of.
(v.t.) To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up.
(n.) Free conversation; friendly chat.
(n.) Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.
(n.) A boast; boasting.
(v.i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.
(v.t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
(a.) Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.
(v.i.) To be ruined or impaired; to fail.
(v.t.) To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
(n.) A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack.
(n.) A boy, generally a pert, lively boy.
(n.) The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
(v.t.) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.
(n.) A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber or in a wall or in glass.
(n.) A crazy or crack-brained person.
(v.i.) To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.
(n.) A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.
(v.t.) To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary