Another word for peter

To grow or cause to grow gradually less.

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• decrease

  1. To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.

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  1. To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.

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• diminish

  1. (Intransitive) To become smaller.
  2. (Music) To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.
  3. (Archit.) To cause to taper

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  1. (Intransitive) To become smaller.
  2. (Music) To reduce (a perfect or minor interval) by a semitone.
  3. (Archit.) To cause to taper

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• drain

  1. To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
  2. To cause (a resource or supply of something) to be used up gradually and often completely.
  3. To become empty by the drawing off of liquid:

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  1. To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
  2. To cause (a resource or supply of something) to be used up gradually and often completely.
  3. To become empty by the drawing off of liquid:

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• dwindle

  1. To lessen; to bring low.
  2. To cause to dwindle:
  3. (Intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.

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  1. To lessen; to bring low.
  2. To cause to dwindle:
  3. (Intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.

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• ebb

  1. To fall back from the flood stage.
  2. To weaken or lessen; decline

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  1. To fall back from the flood stage.
  2. To weaken or lessen; decline

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• lessen

  1. To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
  2. To become less; decrease:
  3. (Archaic) To belittle; minimize; disparage

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  1. To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
  2. To become less; decrease:
  3. (Archaic) To belittle; minimize; disparage

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• let up

  1. (Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen

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  1. (Intransitive, of something intense) to lessen

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• rebate

  1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
  2. To lessen; diminish.
  3. (Rare) To reduce; lessen

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  1. To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise.
  2. To lessen; diminish.
  3. (Rare) To reduce; lessen

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• reduce

  1. (Chemistry) To decrease the valence of an atom by adding electrons.
  2. To bring into a certain order; systematize
  3. To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness:

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  1. (Chemistry) To decrease the valence of an atom by adding electrons.
  2. To bring into a certain order; systematize
  3. To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness:

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• tail away

  1. (Intransitive) To gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.

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  1. (Intransitive) To gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.

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• taper

  1. To decrease gradually in width or thickness
  2. To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off :
  3. To lessen; diminish

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  1. To decrease gradually in width or thickness
  2. To diminish or lessen gradually. Often used with off :
  3. To lessen; diminish

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