decreasing
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).
Adjective
[edit]decreasing (not comparable)
- On the decrease.
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[edit]on the decrease
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Verb
[edit]decreasing
- present participle and gerund of decrease
Noun
[edit]decreasing (plural decreasings)
- (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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