Decrease and Wrap

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

• Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person.
  • synonyms: wrapper
• A sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla.
• The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped.
  • synonyms: wrapping, wrapper

verb

• Arrange or fold as a cover or protection.
  • usage: "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"
  • synonyms: wrap up
• Arrange or or coil around.
  • usage: "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
  • synonyms: wind, roll, twine
• Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.
  • usage: "Fog enveloped the house"
  • synonyms: envelop, enfold, enwrap, enclose
• Crash into so as to coil around.
  • usage: "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant"

• (v.t.) To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
• (n.) A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
• (v.t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.
• (v.t.) To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
• (v.t.) To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.