decreases
noun
Meaning
- An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
- 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).
- Of a quantity, to become smaller.
- To make (a quantity) smaller.
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