decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
to grow less. His money dwindled away. verminder يَتَضاءَل، يَقِل намалявам minguar ubývat, scvrkávat se, rozplynout schwinden skrumpe ind; svinde in λιγοστεύωdisminuir kahanema کاهش یافتن huveta diminuerלפחות क्षीण हो जाना smanjivati se, gubiti se csökken makin berkurang rÿrna, minnka diminuire 小さくなる 점점 작아지다 mažėti, sekti samazināties; sarauties menyusut slinkenbli mindre, svinne hen zmniejszać się كميدل minguar a se împuţina уменьшаться rozplynúť sa izginevati smanjivati se krympa ihop, försvinna, reduceras หดตัว azalmak, küçülmek 逐漸減少 вичерпуватися انحطاط پزیر ہونا teo lại 逐渐减少
Let England have its navigation and fleet -- let Scotland have its navigation and fleet -- let Wales have its navigation and fleet -- let Ireland have its navigation and fleet -- let those four of the constituent parts of the British empire be be under four independent governments, and it is easy to perceive how soon they would each dwindle into comparative insignificance.
Summary: Berlin, June 03, 2010, SPA -- Germany is to retire six of its Type 206A submarines in order to save money as its defence budget dwindles, dpa cited a spokesman as saying in the Baltic naval port of Gluecksburg today.