Decrease and Waning

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 gradual decrease in magnitude or extent.
  • usage: "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon"

verb

• Grow smaller.
  • usage: "Interest in the project waned"
  • synonyms: decline, go down, wane
• Become smaller.
  • usage: "Interest in his novels waned"
  • synonyms: wane
• Decrease in phase.
  • usage: "the moon is waning"
  • synonyms: wane

adjective

• Of the Moon. ( pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases)
  • usage: "after full moon comes the waning moon"

• (n.) The act or process of waning or decreasing.
• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Wane.