decreasing
adjective
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Pronunciation: /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English decrease Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English decreasing From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
- On the decrease.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English decrease Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English decreasing From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
- A decrease.
“The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English decrease Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English decreasing From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
- present participle and gerund of decrease