Decrease and Dwarf

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

• A person who is markedly small.
  • synonyms: midget, nanus
• A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure.
  • synonyms: gnome
• A plant or animal that is atypically small.

verb

• Make appear small by comparison.
  • usage: "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
  • synonyms: shadow, overshadow
• Check the growth of.
  • usage: "the lack of sunlight dwarfed these pines"

• (v.t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep small; to stunt.
• (v.i.) To become small; to diminish in size.
• (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.