Decrease and Snip

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 small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off.
  • synonyms: snippet, snipping
• The act of clipping or snipping.
  • synonyms: clip, clipping

verb

• Sever or remove by pinching or snipping.
  • usage: "nip off the flowers"
  • synonyms: nip, nip off, clip, snip off
• Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
  • usage: "dress the plants in the garden"
  • synonyms: clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

• (n.) A small shred; a bit cut off.
• (n.) A tailor.
• (n.) A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
• (n.) A share; a snack.
• (v.t.) To cut off the nip or neb of or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
• (n.) Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.