| contract(noun, verb, break, take, keep) |
| lessen(verb, take, increase, keep, reduce) |
| abbreviate(verb, take, cut, keep, decrease) |
| decrease(noun, verb, take, increase, keep) |
| curtail(verb, raise, abridge) |
| abridge(verb, take, increase, keep, decrease) |
| diminish(verb, take, keep, cause, rise) |
| abate(verb, advance, cause, rise, lessen) |
| dwindle(verb, increase, waste, taper) |
| reduce(verb, take, keep, raise, decrease) |
| shorten(verb, take, keep, decrease, refrain) |
| shrink(verb, take, keep, rise, decrease) |
| constrict(verb, take, keep, decrease, refrain) |
| cut(verb, take, keep, decrease, refrain) |
| decline(noun, advance) |
| ebb(noun, rise) |
| hold(verb, take, keep, decrease, refrain) |
| keep(verb, take, decrease, refrain, abbreviate) |
| lower(verb, take, keep, decrease, refrain) |
| take back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, keep) |