To become less in amount or intensity; SYN. let up, slack off, die away.
Law, end (a nuisance); Law, abandon (an action).

1. To decrease in size, extent, or range; SYN. diminish, lessen, fall.
2. To make smaller; SYN. lessen, minify.

To decrease; waste.
To decrease a number by a given amount. Compare increment2.

1. To deviate from a strict standard; to make an exception.
2. To lessen; to detract from; to disparage; to depreciate; -- said of a person or thing.
3. To reduce value (of); detract from.

To lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; SYN. belittle.

(Homonym: lesson).
To diminish in quantity or make less.

1. To lessen
2. To make smaller; SYN. scale down.
3. To make less complex; SYN. simplify.
4. To narrow or limit; SYN. tighten.
5. To lower in grade or rank; force somebody into an unpleasant situation.
6. To cut down on; make a reduction in; SYN. cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down.
7. To bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
8. To simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another.
9. To take off weight; SYN. melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down.
10. To reposition back to its normal site, as of a broken bone, in surgery.
11. To undergo meiosis
12. To cook until very little liquid is left, as of sauces; SYN. boil down, concentrate. + prikaži više

1. To become short or shorter
2. To make short or shorter
3. To make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration