An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See Decrease (knitting).
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) smaller.
The act of plunging or submerging.
Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.
A dive, leap, rush, or pitch into (into water).
The act of pitching or throwing oneself headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
To pitch or throw oneself headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
To bet heavily and recklessly; to risk large sums in gambling.
To thrust into liquid, or into any penetrable substance; to immerse.
To cast, stab or throw into some thing, state, condition or action.
To fall or rush headlong into some thing, action, state or condition.
To remove a blockage by suction.
To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.