Decrease and Hide

decrease

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

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

hide

Prevent from being seen or discovered.
- usage: "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
- synonyms: conceal
Be or go into hiding; keep out of sight, as for protection and safety.
- usage: "Probably his horse would be close to where he was hiding"; "She is hiding out in a cabin in Montana"
- synonyms: hide out
Cover as if with a shroud.
- usage: "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
- synonyms: shroud, enshroud, cover
Make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing.
- usage: "a hidden message"; "a veiled threat"
- synonyms: obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil

(n.) An abode or dwelling.
(v.i.) To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation.
(v.t.) To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing.
(n.) The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc.
(n.) The human skin; -- so called in contempt.
(v.t.) To remove from danger; to shelter.
(v.t.) To conceal or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.
(v.t.) To flog; to whip.
(n.) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Hide is either masculine or feminine given name