Decrease and Hill

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 local and well-defined elevation of the land.
  • usage: "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"
• Structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones.
  • usage: "they built small mounds to hide behind"
  • synonyms: mound
• United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916.
  • synonyms: J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill
• Risque English comedian (1925-1992.
  • synonyms: Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne
• Baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands.
  • synonyms: mound, pitcher's mound

verb

• Form into a hill. .

• (n.) The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
• (v.t.) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
• (n.) A natural elevation of land or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
• (v.t.) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.