Decrease and Trail

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

trail

A track or mark left by something that has passed.
- usage: "there as a trail of blood"; "a tear left its trail on her cheek"
A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country.
Evidence pointing to a possible solution.
- usage: "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"
- synonyms: lead, track

To lag or linger behind.
- usage: "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
- synonyms: drag, get behind, hang back, drop behind, drop back
Go after with the intent to catch.
- usage: "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
- synonyms: chase, chase after, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
Move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly.
- usage: "John trailed behind his class mates"; "The Mercedes trailed behind the horse cart"
- synonyms: shack
Hang down so as to drag along the ground.
- usage: "The bride's veiled trailed along the ground"
Drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground.
- usage: "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her"
- synonyms: train

(v.t.) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
(n.) Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
(v.t.) To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
(v.t.) To hunt by the track; to track.
(n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
(n.) The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
(v.i.) To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
(n.) A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
(v.i.) To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
(v.t.) To draw or drag, as along the ground.
(n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
(n.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.
(n.) Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
(n.) A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
(n.) Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
(v.t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary