Decrease and Dock

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

dock

An enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial.
Any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine.
- synonyms: sorrel, sour grass
A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats.
- synonyms: pier, wharf, wharfage
A platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded.
- synonyms: loading dock
Landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out.
- usage: "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late"
- synonyms: dockage, docking facility
The solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair.
A short or shortened tail of certain animals.
- synonyms: bobtail, bob

(v.t.) To cut off, bar or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
(v.t.) To draw, law or place (a ship) in a dock, for repairing, cleaning the bottom, etc.
(n.) An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide.
(n.) The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock.
(n.) The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands.
(v.t.) to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
(n.) A genus of plants (Rumex), some species of which are well-known weeds which have a long taproot and are difficult of extermination.
(v.t.) To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
(n.) The solid part of an animal's tail, as distinguished from the hair; the stump of a tail; the part of a tail left after clipping or cutting.
(n.) A case of leather to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary