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Decrease and Falling

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
falling

verb

  • Descend in free fall under the influence of gravity.
    • usage: "The branch fell from the tree"; "The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse"
  • Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way.
    • usage: "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
  • Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind.
    • usage: "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
  • Come under, be classified or included.
    • usage: "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
  • Fall from clouds.
    • usage: "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
  • Suffer defeat, failure, or ruin.
    • usage: "We must stand or fall"; "fall by the wayside"
  • Die, as in battle or in a hunt.
    • usage: "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"
  • Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.
    • usage: "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
  • Be captured.
    • usage: "The cities fell to the enemy"
  • Occur at a specified time or place.
    • usage: "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"
  • 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"
  • Yield to temptation or sin.
    • usage: "Adam and Eve fell"
  • Lose office or power.
    • usage: "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
  • To be given by assignment or distribution.
    • usage: "The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team"; "The onus fell on us"; "The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student"
  • Move in a specified direction.
    • usage: "The line of men fall forward"
  • Be due.
    • usage: "payments fall on the 1st of the month"
  • Lose one's chastity.
    • usage: "a fallen woman"
  • To be given by right or inheritance.
    • usage: "The estate fell to the oldest daughter"
  • Come into the possession of.
    • usage: "The house accrued to the oldest son"
  • Fall to somebody by assignment or lot.
    • usage: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
  • Be inherited by.
    • usage: "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"
  • Slope downward.
    • usage: "The hills around here fall towards the ocean"
  • Lose an upright position suddenly.
    • usage: "The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table"; "Her hair fell across her forehead"
  • Drop oneself to a lower or less erect position.
    • usage: "She fell back in her chair"; "He fell to his knees"
  • Fall or flow in a certain way.
    • usage: "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"
  • Assume a disappointed or sad expression.
    • usage: "Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off"; "his crest fell"
  • Be cast down.
    • usage: "his eyes fell"
  • Come out; issue.
    • usage: "silly phrases fell from her mouth"
  • Be born, used chiefly of lambs.
    • usage: "The lambs fell in the afternoon"
  • Begin vigorously.
    • usage: "The prisoners fell to work right away"
  • Go as if by falling.
    • usage: "Grief fell from our hearts"
  • Come as if by falling.
    • usage: "Night fell"; "Silence fell"

adjective

  • Decreasing in amount or degree.
    • usage: "falling temperature"
  • Becoming lower or less in degree or value.
    • usage: "a falling market"; "falling incomes"
  • Coming down freely under the influence of gravity.
    • usage: "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
  • (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Fall.
  • (a.&n.) from Fall, v. i.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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