Decrease and Lavish

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

• Expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns.
  • usage: "He was showered with praise"
  • synonyms: shower

adjective

• Very generous.
  • usage: "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain"
  • synonyms: munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting
• Characterized by extravagance and profusion.
  • usage: "a lavish buffet"; "a lucullan feast"
  • synonyms: lucullan, lush, plush, plushy

• (v.t.) To expend or bestow with profusion; to use with prodigality; to squander; as, to lavish money or praise.
• (a.) Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal; as, lavish of money; lavish of praise.
• (a.) Superabundant; excessive; as, lavish spirits.