Decrease and Tower

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 structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building.
• Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower.
  • usage: "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"
  • synonyms: column, pillar
• A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.
  • synonyms: tugboat, tug, towboat

verb

• Appear very large or occupy a commanding position.
  • usage: "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
  • synonyms: loom, predominate, hulk

• (n.) A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
• (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower.
• (v.i.) To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
• (n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
• (n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
• (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
• (v.t.) To soar into.
• (n.) High flight; elevation.