Decrease and Incline

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

• An elevated geological formation.
  • usage: "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"
  • synonyms: slope, side
• An inclined surface connecting two levels.
  • synonyms: ramp

verb

• Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined.
  • usage: "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
  • synonyms: tend, be given, lean, run
• Bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well.
  • usage: "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"
• Lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow.
  • usage: "She inclined her head to the student"
• Be at an angle.
  • usage: "The terrain sloped down"
  • synonyms: slope, pitch
• Feel favorably disposed or willing.
  • usage: "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"
• Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief.
  • usage: "Their language inclines us to believe them"
  • synonyms: dispose

• (v.t.) To impart a tendency or propensity to, as to the will or affections; to turn; to dispose; to influence.
• (n.) An inclined plane; an ascent o/ descent; a grade or gradient; a slope.
• (v.i.) Fig.: To lean or tend, in an intellectual or moral sense; to favor an opinion, a course of conduct or a person; to have a propensity or inclination; to be disposed.
• (v.i.) To bow; to incline the head.
• (v.t.) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility.
• (v.i.) To deviate from a line, direction or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a road inclines to the north or south.
• (v.t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position or direction; to give a leaning, bend or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right.