decreasing

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Verb[edit]

decreasing

  1. present participle and gerund of decrease

Noun[edit]

decreasing (plural decreasings)

  1. (knitting) A decrease.
    • 2016, Mrs. Beeton, Book of Needlework, page 54:
      The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.

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