To become thin or fine; to grow less.
To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
To weaken.
To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
To rarefy.
(of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
Gradually tapering into a petiole-like extension toward the base.
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
To reenlist for a further period.
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
To straighten (a limb).
Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
To increase in extent.
To cause to increase in extent.
To cause to last for a longer period of time.
To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.