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Decrease and Dropping

decrease

noun

  • A change downward.
    • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • The amount by which something decreases.
  • The act of decreasing or reducing something.

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"
  • Make smaller.
    • usage: "He decreased his staff"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
dropping

verb

  • Let fall to the ground.
    • usage: "Don't drop the dishes"
  • To fall vertically.
    • usage: "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
  • Go down in value.
    • usage: "Stock prices dropped"
  • Fall or descend to a lower place or level.
    • usage: "He sank to his knees"
  • Terminate an association with.
    • usage: "drop him from the Republican ticket"
  • Utter with seeming casualness.
    • usage: "drop a hint"; drop names"
  • Stop pursuing or acting.
    • usage: "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off"
  • Leave or unload.
    • usage: "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
  • Cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow.
    • usage: "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"
  • Lose (a game. )
    • usage: "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
  • Pay out.
    • usage: "spend money"
  • Lower the pitch of (musical notes.
  • Hang freely.
    • usage: "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The light dropped from the ceiling"
  • Stop associating with.
    • usage: "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
  • Let or cause to fall in drops.
    • usage: "dribble oil into the mixture"
  • Get rid of.
    • usage: "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes"
  • Take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth.
    • usage: "She dropped acid when she was a teenager"
  • Omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing.
    • usage: " New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's"
  • Leave undone or leave out.
    • usage: "How could I miss that typo"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
  • Change from one level to another.
    • usage: "She dropped into army jargon"
  • Fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death.
    • usage: "shop til you drop"
  • Grow worse.
    • usage: "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
  • Give birth; used for animals.
    • usage: "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

adjective

  • Coming down freely under the influence of gravity.
    • usage: "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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