Decrease and Triple

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 base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base.
  • synonyms: three-base hit, three-bagger
• A set of three similar things considered as a unit.
  • synonyms: trio, triad, triplet
• A quantity that is three times as great as another.

verb

• Increase threefold.
  • usage: "Triple your income"
  • synonyms: treble
• Hit a three-base hit.

adjective

• Having three units or components or elements.
  • usage: "a ternary operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three beats per measure"; "triplex windows"
  • synonyms: ternary, treble, triplex
• Three times as great or many.
  • usage: "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
  • synonyms: treble, threefold, three-fold

• (a.) Three times repeated; treble. See Treble.
• (a.) To make threefold or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee.
• (a.) Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie.
• (a.) One of three; third.