Decrease and Languish

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.

verb

• Lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief.
  • usage: "After her husband died, she just pined away"
  • synonyms: pine away, waste
• Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.
  • usage: "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
  • synonyms: ache, yearn, yen, pine
• Become feeble.
  • usage: "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
  • synonyms: fade

• (v.i.) To cause to droop or pine.
• (n.) See Languishiment.
• (v.i.) To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.
• (v.i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy.