To make (a quantity) smaller.
Of a quantity, to become smaller.
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).
An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).
To assume form; to come into existence; to be caused or produced.
To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.