intransitive. To become narrower, to decrease in width, breadth, or scope; to diminish, lessen, contract. Also with down.
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释义 | the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] (67) narrowOE intransitive. To become narrower, to decrease in width, breadth, or scope; to diminish, lessen, contract. Also with down. waneOE To decrease in size or extent; to dwindle. Now rare. †Also with pleonastic complement, to wane less, too little. smallOE intransitive. To become thin or small; to diminish, grow less. Also with down, off. slakec1380 To become or grow less in number, quantity, or volume; to fall or subside. Obsolete. welk1390 To become less, to diminish, to shrink. Of the sun or moon: To wane, lose brightness. Obsolete. fade1398 To grow small or weak; to decline, decay, fail, or faint; to shrink. literal and figurative. Obsolete. lessenc1400 intransitive. To become less in size, quantity, amount, scope, severity, etc.; to decrease. minish?a1425 intransitive. poetic in later use. To become less in quantity, number, size, power, etc.; = diminish, v. 8a. Now rare. decay1489 To fall off or decrease (in number, volume, amount, intensity, etc.); to dwindle away. Obsolete. adminisha1500 intransitive. To become less or smaller; to decrease; = diminish, v. 8a. diminish1520 To become less or smaller; to lessen, decrease. to grow downwards?1523 to grow down. (a) To extend downwards. (b) To become less in height or in size; also to grow downwards. †(c) Of the sea: To subside. ungrow1598 (un-, prefix2 affix 1.) scant1607 To be diminished. Const. of. Obsolete. settlea1642 To shrink in size. dialect (? obsolete) and technical. to run off1765 intransitive. To diminish in size, width, etc.; to taper. Now rare. dwarf1776 intransitive. To become or remain (relatively) undersized or underdeveloped; esp. (of a plant) to become dwarf; (of vegetation) to gradually… comminute1850 To reduce to minuteness, to diminish. rare. downsize1977 transitive. gen. To reduce the size or scale of (something). Subcategories:— apparently (2) — gradually (5) — deflate (3) — contract or shrink (28) — become compressed or constricted (2) — condense (1) — fold or roll up (7) |
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