Of a quantity, to become smaller.
To make (a quantity) 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 cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to spring, be derived (from, with).