Decrease and Fatigue

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

• Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work.
  • usage: "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep"
  • synonyms: weariness, tiredness
• Used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress.
  • usage: "metal fatigue"
• Always used with a modifier. ( boredom resulting from overexposure to something)
  • usage: "he was suffering from museum fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue"; "the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"
• Labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on. )
  • usage: "the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to kitchen fatigues"
  • synonyms: fatigue duty

verb

• Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody.
  • usage: "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
  • synonyms: tire, pall, weary, jade
• Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
  • usage: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
  • synonyms: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag

• (n.) Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
• (n.) To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.
• (n.) The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.
• (n.) The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.