Decrease and Trip

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 journey for some purpose (usually including the return. )
  • usage: "he took a trip to the shopping center"
• A hallucinatory experience induced by drugs.
  • usage: "an acid trip"
• 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: slip
• An exciting or stimulating experience.
  • synonyms: head trip
• A catch mechanism that acts as a switch.
  • usage: "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"
  • synonyms: tripper
• A light or nimble tread.
  • usage: "he heard the trip of women's feet overhead"
• An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
  • usage: "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
  • synonyms: trip-up, stumble, misstep

verb

• Miss a step and fall or nearly fall.
  • usage: "She stumbled over the tree root"
  • synonyms: stumble
• Cause to stumble.
  • usage: "The questions on the test tripped him up"
  • synonyms: trip up
• Make a trip for pleasure.
  • synonyms: travel, jaunt
• Put in motion or move to act.
  • usage: "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
  • synonyms: actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
• Get high, stoned, or drugged.
  • usage: "He trips every weekend"
  • synonyms: trip out, turn on, get off

• (n.) A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
• (n.i.) To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.
• (n.i.) To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion; as, to trip to Europe.
• (n.) A herd or flock, as of sheep, goats, etc.
• (n.) A flock of widgeons.
• (n.) A troop of men; a host.
• (v.t.) To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
• (n.i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail.
• (v.t.) To cause to stumble or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling.
• (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
• (n.) A single board or tack, in plying or beating, to windward.
• (v.t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
• (n.) A brief or rapid journey; an excursion or jaunt.
• (n.) A stroke or catch, by which a wrestler causes his antagonist to lose footing.
• (v.t.) Fig.: To overthrow by depriving of support; to put an obstacle in the way of; to obstruct; to cause to fail.
• (n.i.) To take a quick step, as when in danger of losing one's balance; hence, to make a false; to catch the foot; to lose footing; to stumble.
• (n.) A small piece; a morsel; a bit.
• (v.t.) To release, let fall or see free, as a weight or compressed spring, as by removing a latch or detent.
• (v.t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

• Name Meaning: Traveler
• Name Origin: English