de-escalate
fall off
fall away
step down
weaken
cut-down
minor
fall
decrease
diminish
lessen
slack off
let up
slack
abate
die away
shrivel
shrink
disincrease
down
minimized
moderating
small
latitude
limited
stifle
dampen
dwindle
quiet down
mediumize
fading away
puncture
deflate
major
macrometric
lesser
proportion
dimension
submicroscale
shorten
unmitigated
abridge
micro
low
attrition rate
rate of attrition
narrow
mesoanalysis
contraction
amplitude level
densimetric
hypodense
reduce
change intensity
microscale
ease
widen
finite
rebate
exceed
transcend
scalar
surpass
rarefy
condense
diminishment
hypometric
downgauge
diminished
flat
wear off
slender
extremal
wane
slim
less
cool down
centimetric
metro-
micromagnitude
redoubled
perimetry
blur
batement
underproportioned
remit
dial down
blear
imperceptible
hyperlucent
metrification
tapering
submicrometer
cut-down
minor
minimized
moderating
small
limited
major
macrometric
lesser
submicroscale
unmitigated
micro
low
narrow
densimetric
hypodense
finite
scalar
hypometric
diminished
slender
extremal
slim
centimetric
redoubled
underproportioned
imperceptible
hyperlucent
submicrometer
down
flat
latitude
fading away
proportion
dimension
attrition rate
rate of attrition
mesoanalysis
contraction
amplitude level
microscale
diminishment
less
micromagnitude
perimetry
batement
metrification
tapering
de-escalate
fall off
fall away
step down
weaken
fall
decrease
diminish
lessen
slack off
let up
slack
abate
die away
shrivel
shrink
disincrease
stifle
dampen
dwindle
quiet down
mediumize
puncture
deflate
shorten
abridge
reduce
change intensity
ease
widen
rebate
exceed
transcend
surpass
rarefy
condense
downgauge
wear off
wane
cool down
blur
remit
dial down
blear
adj
- lesser in scope or effect
- of lesser importance or stature or rank
- inferior in number or size or amount
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees
- not of legal age
- of lesser seriousness or danger
- of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization
verb
adj
- of the younger of two boys with the same family name
- warranting only temporal punishment
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
noun
verb
- decrease in size, extent, or range
- descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
- pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind
- come under, be classified or included
- fall from clouds
- suffer defeat, failure, or ruin
- die, as in battle or in a hunt
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- be captured
- occur at a specified time or place
- yield to temptation or sin
- lose office or power
- to be given by assignment or distribution
- move in a specified direction
- be due
- lose one's chastity
- to be given by right or inheritance
- come into the possession of
- fall to somebody by assignment or lot; passed
- be inherited by
- slope downward
- lose an upright position suddenly
- drop oneself to a lower or less erect position
- fall or flow in a certain way
- assume a disappointed or sad expression
- be cast down
- come out; issue
- be born, used chiefly of lambs
- begin vigorously
- go as if by falling
- come as if by falling
noun
- the season when the leaves fall from the trees
- a sudden drop from an upright position
- a downward slope or bend
- a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity
- a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
- a movement downward
- the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)
- the time of day immediately following sunset
- when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
- a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
verb
- become less in amount or intensity
- avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect
- release tension on
- make less active or fast
- become slow or slower
- make less active or intense
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
noun
- dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
- a stretch of water without current or movement
- a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
- the quality of being loose (not taut)
- a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
adj
adv
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- From less to greater detail.
- Forward, straight ahead.
- In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.
- To the south (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).
- From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
- At a lower or further place or position along a set path.
- As a down payment.
- On paper (or in a durable record).
- Get down.
- Into a state of non-operation.
- To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.
- Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).
- Away from the city (regardless of direction).
- Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, permanence, or success rather than being of indefinite duration.
- From a remoter or higher antiquity.
- So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.
noun
- The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
- That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down.
- Down payment.
- A hill, especially a chalk hill; rolling grassland
- A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep.
- Soft, fluffy immature feathers which grow on young birds. Used as insulating material in duvets, sleeping bags and jackets.
- The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
- An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.
- A negative aspect; a downer, a downside.
- A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.
- A downstairs room of a two-story house.
- The lightest quark with a charge number of −¹⁄₃.
- A field, especially one used for horse racing.
- A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.
prep
- From one end to another of (in any direction); along.
- From the higher end to the lower of.
- At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).
- From north to south of.
adj
- Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
- Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.
- Having a lower score than an opponent.
- Sick or ill.
- Negative about; hostile to.
- Comfortable with, accepting of.
- Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.
- Facing downwards.
- Fallen or felled.
- At a lower level than before.
- Accepted, respected, or loyally participating in the (thug) community.
- Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).
- Out.
- Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)
- Inoperable; out of order; out of service.
verb
- To disparage; to put down.
- To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.
- To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down; to fell.
- Specifically, to cause (something in the air) to fall to the ground; to bring down (with a missile etc.).
- To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.
- To lower; to put (something) down.
- To defeat; to overpower.
- To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.
- To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
adj
- slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope
- relatively moderate, limited, or small
- (of children and animals) young, immature
- low or inferior in station or quality
- lowercase
- (of a voice) faint
- have fine or very small constituent particles
- not large but sufficient in size or amount
- made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)
adj
adv
noun
noun
- Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
- The relative freedom from restrictions; scope to do something.
- The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
- The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result.
- An imaginary line (in fact a circumference) around a planet running parallel to the planet's equator.
- The angular distance north or south from a planet's equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point.
verb
- To make less extreme; to make medium in size or intensity.
- To finish by applying a medium.
- To transition into using a medium of exchange.
- To make into a spiritual medium; to imbue with spiritual energy.
- To make into or act as a medium of exchange.
- To act as a medium; to channel or speak for a spirit or noncorporal being.
- To act as an intermediary; to translate from one context to another.
adj
- greater in scope or effect
- of greater importance or stature or rank
- greater in number or size or amount
- of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes
- (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees
- of greater seriousness or danger
- of full legal age
noun
- a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject
- the principal field of study of a student at a university
adj
verb
noun
- magnitude or extent
- the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- balance among the parts of something
- the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
verb
adj
- less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
- being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
- used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
adv
noun
- an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
- a low level or position or degree
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
adj
- very low in volume
- unrefined in character
- of the most contemptible kind
- low or inferior in station or quality
- no longer sufficient
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- filled with melancholy and despondency
verb
noun
- the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)
- the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together
- a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds
verb
- To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- To annul by legal means.
- To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- To lose weight.
- To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
- To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- To strike off the payroll.
- To decrease the liquid content of food by boiling much of its water off.
- To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- To reform a line or column from (a square).
verb
- To lessen in intensity.
- To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- To proceed with little effort.
- To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- To give respite to (someone).
noun
- Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
- Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
- Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- Ability, the means to do something
- Freedom from difficulty.
- Skill, dexterity, facility.
- Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
- Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
- Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
- Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
verb
- To diminish or lessen something
- To deduct or return an amount from a bill or payment
- To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
- To cut a rebate (or rabbet) in something
- To abate; to withdraw.
- Of a falcon: to return to the hand after bating; see bate².
noun
- An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood.
- A kind of hard freestone used in making pavements.
- The return of part of an amount already paid.
- The edge of a roll of film, from which no image can be developed.
- A deduction from an amount that is paid; an abatement.
- A piece of wood hafted into a long stick, and serving to beat out mortar.
- A rectangular groove made to hold two pieces (of wood etc) together; a rabbet.
adj
- Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
- Having magnitude but not direction.
- Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
- Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
- Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
- Of, or relating to scale.
noun
adv
- Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- Completely.
- Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Bluntly.
- In the mile race, Smith's time was 3:58.56, and Brown's was four minutes flat.
- Directly; flatly.
- Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
noun
- A flat tyre/flat tire.
- A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene. It's a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth orbackdrop.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with water).
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- An apartment, usually on one level and usually consisting of more than one room.
- Level ground in general.
- A note played a semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
- A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
adj
- Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- Unable to emit power; dead.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Lowered by one semitone.
- Without spin; spinless.
- Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- Flattening at the ends.
- With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
- Exact.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- Without variations in pitch.
- Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- Having no variations in height.
- Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
verb
verb
- Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
- To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
noun
noun
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