Decrease and Leap

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 light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.
  • synonyms: leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
• An abrupt transition.
  • usage: "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
  • synonyms: jump, saltation
• A sudden and decisive increase.
  • usage: "a jump in attendance"
  • synonyms: jump
• The distance leaped (or to be leaped. )
  • usage: "a leap of 10 feet"

verb

• Move forward by leaps and bounds.
  • usage: "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence"
  • synonyms: jump, bound, spring
• Pass abruptly from one state or topic to another.
  • usage: "leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
  • synonyms: jump
• Jump down from an elevated point.
  • usage: "the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
  • synonyms: jump, jump off
• Cause to jump or leap.
  • usage: "the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
  • synonyms: jump

• (v.t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
• (n.) A basket.
• (n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.
• (v.i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence or leaps upon a horse.
• (v.t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.
• (n.) Copulation with or coverture of, a female beast.
• (v.t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall or a ditch.
• (n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.
• (n.) The act of leaping or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.
• (v.i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.
• (n.) A fault.

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