| Main Entry: | decrease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grow less or make less |
Synonyms: |
abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail off, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither |
Antonyms: |
add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise |
| Main Entry: | dehydrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
cotton-mouth, desiccate, drain, dry, dry out, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear |
Antonyms: |
hydrate, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken |
Antonyms: |
add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
| Main Entry: | desiccate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take moisture out of |
Synonyms: |
anhydrate, dehydrate, deplete, devitalize, divest, drain, dry, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, parch, sear, shrivel, wither, wizen |
Antonyms: |
moisten, moisturize, wet |
| Main Entry: | muzzle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gag, quiet |
Synonyms: |
bottle up, censor, check, choke, clamp down on, cork, crack down on, curb, dry up, dummy up, hush, ice*, muffle, prevent, quieten, repress, restrain, restrict, shush, shut down, silence, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stop, suppress, tongue-tie, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | parch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
Synonyms: |
blister, brown, dehydrate, desiccate, dry up, evaporate, exsiccate, make thirsty, scorch, sear, shrivel, stale, wither |
Antonyms: |
dampen, moisten, wet |
| Main Entry: | run out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, be exhausted |
Synonyms: |
be cleaned out, be out of, cease, close, come to a close, depart, dissipate, dry up, end, exhaust, expire, finish, give out, go, have no more, have none left, lose, peter out, stop, terminate, tire, waste, waste away, weaken, wear out |
Antonyms: |
get, have, succeed, supply |
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
Synonyms: |
blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither |
Antonyms: |
freeze |
| Main Entry: | shut up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or make quiet |
Synonyms: |
bottle up, choke, dry up, dummy up, fall silent, gag, hold tongue, hush, keep trap shut, muzzle, pipe down, quiet, quieten, quit chattering, shush, silence, soft-pedal, still, stop talking |
Antonyms: |
speak, talk |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
Synonyms: |
choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
Antonyms: |
be noisy, communicate, talk |