Decrease and Evaporate

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

• Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue.
  • usage: "evaporate milk"
  • synonyms: vaporize, vaporise
• Cause to change into a vapor.
  • usage: "The chemist evaporated the water"
  • synonyms: vaporise
• Change into a vapor.
  • usage: "The water evaporated in front of our eyes"
  • synonyms: vaporise
• Become less intense and fade away gradually.
  • usage: "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance"
  • synonyms: melt, disappear

• (v.t.) To convert from a liquid or solid state into vapor (usually) by the agency of heat; to dissipate in vapor or fumes.
• (v.t.) To expel moisture from (usually by means of artificial heat), leaving the solid portion; to subject to evaporation; as, to evaporate apples.
• (a.) Dispersed in vapors.
• (v.t.) To give vent to; to dissipate.
• (v.t.) To pass off in vapor, as a fluid; to escape and be dissipated, either in visible vapor or in practice too minute to be visible.
• (v.t.) To escape or pass off without effect; to be dissipated; to be wasted, as, the spirit of writer often evaporates in the process of translation.