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 reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
To decrease in value, amount, etc.
To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
To bring down; to humble
(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down
To reduce the height of
To depress as to direction
to pull down
To make less elevated
To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object
Situated on lower ground, nearer a coast, or more southerly.
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