weaken
de-escalate
step down
down
cut-down
deflate
puncture
lower
fall
fall away
decrease
diminish
fall off
lessen
shrink
moderating
shrivel
phase down
ease up
let up
ease off
attenuate
scale down
minor
dial down
tamp
slack off
ease
stifle
abate
slack
dampen
die away
minimized
phasedown
dwindle
slim
downshift
micro
thinning
tapering
shorten
dilute
diluted
reduce
degree
level
rarefy
downscale
grade
disincrease
nerf
cool down
quiet down
rarefact
mediumize
contraction
change intensity
submicrometer
small
submicrometric
deamplify
scaling
lesser
drape off
diminishment
downgauge
de-emphasis
downsize
underpoint
rate of attrition
attrition rate
decrement
transcend
cut
surpass
exceed
derate
devalue
overreduced
hypoadduction
peel off
wear off
minimization
minimisation
compressed
microselective
desquamate
cut-down
moderating
minor
minimized
slim
micro
dilute
diluted
submicrometer
small
submicrometric
lesser
overreduced
compressed
microselective
down
phasedown
thinning
tapering
degree
level
grade
downshift
contraction
scaling
diminishment
de-emphasis
underpoint
rate of attrition
attrition rate
hypoadduction
minimization
minimisation
weaken
de-escalate
step down
deflate
puncture
lower
fall
fall away
decrease
diminish
fall off
lessen
shrink
shrivel
phase down
ease up
let up
ease off
attenuate
scale down
dial down
tamp
slack off
ease
stifle
abate
slack
dampen
die away
dwindle
downshift
shorten
reduce
rarefy
downscale
disincrease
nerf
cool down
quiet down
rarefact
mediumize
change intensity
deamplify
drape off
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cut
surpass
exceed
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desquamate
adv
- So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.
- So as to reduce size, weight or volume.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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.
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.
verb
- To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
- To reduce the height of
- To decrease in value, amount, etc.
- To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program.
- 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 depress as to direction
- to pull down
- To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
- To make less elevated
- To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease
adj
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
- To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
- To weaken.
- To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- To rarefy.
- (of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol.
- To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
- To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
adj
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
noun
adj
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
- 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
adj
- not tense or taut
- flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
- lacking in rigor or strictness
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
- Of a reduced size, with the intent of being more efficient.
- Designed to make the wearer appear slim.
- Slender in an attractive way.
- Long and narrow.
- Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
- Very small, tiny.
noun
- A potato farl.
- A type of cigarette substantially longer and thinner than normal cigarettes.
- AIDS, or the chronic wasting associated with its later stages.
- Cocaine.
verb
verb
- To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
- To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
- To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
- To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
- To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
- To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
noun
verb
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make less complex
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- be the essential element
- lessen and make more modest
- make smaller
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- narrow or limit
- put down by force or intimidation
- undergo meiosis
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- take off weight
noun
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study
- a measure for arcs and angles
- the highest power of a term or variable
- a unit of temperature on a specified scale
- the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime)
noun
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- height above ground
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
verb
- aim at
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- make level or straight
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- become level or even
adj
noun
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- a body of students who are taught together
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
- one-hundredth of a right angle
- a degree of ablaut
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- the height of the ground on which something stands
- a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
verb
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.
noun
- A reversible reduction in size.
- The acquisition of something, generally negative.
- A period of economic decline or negative growth.
- Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
- A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
- A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
- A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
- A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
- The process of contracting a disease.
- A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
- A shortening of a muscle during its use.
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
noun
adv
noun
- The removal of a layer of scale from a surface.
- The measurement of dimensions using a scale.
- The formation of a layer of scale on a surface.
- The act of one who scales or climbs.
- The process of adjusting sights to a ship's guns.
- The expression of the terms of an equation using powers of nondimensional quantities.
- The removing of the scales of fish.
- The process of adjusting raw measurement data to fit an expected distribution, such fitting examination results to a normal distribution.
noun
- The lowest intensity point of a diminuendo that is followed by an increase in volume and intensity.
- Something that calls attention to or emphasizes a particular conclusion within a topic of discussion.
- The number of scored points below a specified criterion.
- A downward facing point on the underside.
adj
verb
verb
- have a reducing effect
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
adj
- with parts removed
- (of a male animal) having the testicles removed
- (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
- mixed with water
noun
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
verb
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