- (n.) Woe; torment; pain.
- (n.) A pineapple.
- (n.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.
- (v.) To grieve or mourn for.
- (v.i.) To suffer; to be afflicted.
- (n.) The wood of the pine tree.
- (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
- (v.i.) To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away.
- (v.i.) To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for.
Pine and Decrease
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- A coniferous tree.
- Straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus.
verb
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
noun
- A change downward.
- usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- 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"
- Make smaller.
- usage: "He decreased his staff"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (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.
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