Decrease and Deepen

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

• Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.
  • usage: "The efforts were intensified, "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
  • synonyms: intensify, compound, heighten
• Become more intense.
  • usage: "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
  • synonyms: intensify
• Make deeper.
  • usage: "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
• Become deeper in tone.
  • usage: "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
  • synonyms: change

• (v.t.) To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.
• (v.i.) To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
• (v.t.) To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.
• (v.t.) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.
• (v.t.) To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.