Decrease and Wear

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.

• (n.) The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution or impairment due to use, friction or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good.
• (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond or the like.
• (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
• (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood or the like, set in a stream, tideway or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
• (v.t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
• (v.i.) To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
• (v.t.) To impair, waste or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
• (v.t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
• (n.) The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
• (n.) Same as Weir.
• (n.) The act of wearing or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
• (v.t.) To form or shape by or as by, attrition.
• (v.t.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
• (v.t.) To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
• (v.i.) To be wasted, consumed or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss or extinction by use or time; to decay or be spent, gradually.
• (v.t.) To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance.

noun

• Impairment resulting from long use.
  • usage: "the tires showed uneven wear"
• A covering designed to be worn on a person's body.
  • synonyms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wearable, habiliment
• The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment.
  • usage: "she bought it for everyday wear"
  • synonyms: wearing

verb

• Be dressed in.
  • usage: "She was wearing yellow that day"
  • synonyms: have on
• Have on one's person.
  • usage: "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar"
  • synonyms: bear
• Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality.
  • usage: "He always wears a smile"
• Deteriorate through use or stress.
  • usage: "The constant friction wore out the cloth"
  • synonyms: wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin
• Have or show an appearance of.
  • usage: "wear one's hair in a certain way"
• Last and be usable.
  • usage: "This dress wore well for almost ten years"
  • synonyms: hold out, endure
• Go to pieces.
  • usage: "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
  • synonyms: break, wear out, bust, fall apart
• Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress.
  • usage: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
  • synonyms: tire, wear upon, tire out, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue
• Put clothing on one's body.
  • usage: "What should I wear today"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"
  • synonyms: put on, get into, don, assume