Decrease and Pine

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.

• (n.) Woe; torment; pain.
• (n.) A pineapple.
• (n.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.
• (v.) To grieve or mourn for.
• (v.i.) To suffer; to be afflicted.
• (n.) The wood of the pine tree.
• (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
• (v.i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.
• (v.i.) To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.

noun

• A coniferous tree.
  • synonyms: pine tree, true pine
• Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus.

verb

• 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, languish