Decrease and Spin

decrease

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

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

spin

A swift whirling motion (usually of a missile. )
The act of rotating rapidly.
- usage: "he gave the crank a spin"; "it broke off after much twisting"
- synonyms: twirl, twist, twisting, whirl
A short drive in a car.
- usage: "he took the new car for a spin"
Rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- synonyms: tailspin
A distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion. )
- usage: "the campaign put a favorable spin on the story"

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.
- usage: "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
- synonyms: spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
Stream in jets, of liquids.
- usage: "The creek spun its course through the woods"
Cause to spin.
- usage: "spin a coin"
- synonyms: whirl, birl, twirl
Make up a story.
- usage: "spin a yarn"
Form a web by making a thread.
- usage: "spiders spin a fine web"
Work natural fibers into a thread.
- usage: "spin silk"
Twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation.
- usage: "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing"
Prolong or extend.
- usage: "spin out a visit"
- synonyms: spin out

(v.i.) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve, as a top or a spindle, about its axis.
(v.t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe.
(n.) Velocity of rotation about some specified axis.
(n.) The act of spinning; as, the spin of a top; a spin a bicycle.
(v.i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness.
(v.t.) To cause to turn round rapidly; to whirl; to twirl; as, to spin a top.
(v.t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness.
(v.t.) To draw out tediously; to form by a slow process or by degrees; to extend to a great length; -- with out; as, to spin out large volumes on a subject.
(v.i.) To move swifty; as, to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc.
(v.i.) To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet; as, blood spinsfrom a vein.
(v.t.) To form (a web, a cocoon, silk or the like) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; -- said of the spider, the silkworm, etc.
(v.t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary