Decrease and Slip

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 socially awkward or tactless act.
  • synonyms: faux pas, gaffe, solecism, gaucherie
• A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc..
  • synonyms: slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
• Potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics.
• A part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting.
  • synonyms: cutting
• A young and slender person.
  • usage: "he's a mere slip of a lad"
• A place where a craft can be made fast.
  • synonyms: mooring, moorage, berth
• An accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall.
  • usage: "he blamed his slip on the ice"; "the jolt caused many slips and a few spills"
  • synonyms: trip
• A slippery smoothness.
  • usage: "he could feel the slickness of the tiller"
  • synonyms: slickness, slick, slipperiness
• Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material.
  • synonyms: strip
• A small sheet of paper.
  • usage: "a receipt slip"
  • synonyms: slip of paper
• A woman's sleeveless undergarment.
  • synonyms: chemise, shimmy, shift, teddy
• Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow.
  • usage: "the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
  • synonyms: case, pillowcase, pillow slip
• An unexpected slide.
  • synonyms: skid, sideslip
• A flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air.
  • synonyms: sideslip
• The act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning.
  • synonyms: elusion, eluding

verb

• Move stealthily.
  • usage: "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
  • synonyms: steal
• Insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly.
  • usage: "He slipped some money into the waiter's hand"
• Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner.
  • usage: "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
  • synonyms: skid, slue, slew, slide
• Get worse.
  • usage: "My grades are slipping"
  • synonyms: drop off, drop away, fall away
• Move smoothly and easily.
  • usage: "the bolt slipped into place"; "water slipped from the polished marble"
• To make a mistake or be incorrect.
  • synonyms: err, mistake
• Pass on stealthily.
  • usage: "He slipped me the key when nobody was looking"
  • synonyms: sneak
• Move easily.
  • usage: "slip into something comfortable"
• Cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion.
  • usage: "he slipped the bolt into place"
• Pass out of one's memory.
  • synonyms: slip one's mind
• Move out of position.
  • usage: "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
  • synonyms: dislocate, luxate, splay

• (n.) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwrites.
• (n.) In a link motion, the undesirable sliding movement of the link relatively to the link block, due to swinging of the link.
• (n.) The retrograde movement on a pulley of a belt as it slips.
• (n.) The difference between the actual and synchronous speed of an induction motor.
• (n.) An inclined plane on which a vessel is built or upon which it is hauled for repair.
• (n.) An unintentional error or fault; a false step.
• (n.) Any covering easily slipped on.
• (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like.
• (n.) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
• (n.) The motion of the center of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel or the blade of an oar, through the water horozontally or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed which she would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
• (v.t.) To let loose in pursuit of game, as a greyhound.
• (v.t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
• (n.) A counterfeit piece of money, being brass covered with silver.
• (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
• (v.t.) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
• (v.t.) To cause to slip or slide off or out of place; as, a horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
• (n.) A twig separated from the main stock; a cutting; a scion; hence, a descendant; as, a slip from a vine.
• (n.) To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling or stepping; to slide; to glide.
• (n.) An outside covering or case; as, a pillow slip.
• (n.) To depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude or escape as if by sliding; to go or come in a quiet, furtive manner; as, some errors slipped into the work.
• (n.) An opening or space for vessels to lie in, between wharves or in a dock; as, Peck slip.
• (n.) To err; to fall into error or fault.
• (n.) To slide; to lose one's footing or one's hold; not to tread firmly; as, it is necessary to walk carefully lest the foot should slip.
• (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
• (n.) A slender piece; a strip; as, a slip of paper.
• (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts.
• (n.) A loose garment worn by a woman.
• (v.t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
• (n.) An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion; as, to give one the slip.
• (n.) A narrow passage between buildings.
• (n.) A leash or string by which a dog is held; -- so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
• (n.) A particular quantity of yarn.
• (n.) A fish, the sole.
• (n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place.
• (v.t.) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of; as, to slip a piece of cloth or paper.
• (n.) The act of slipping; as, a slip on the ice.
• (n.) A child's pinafore.
• (n.) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
• (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip.