Definition of Diminish

1. Verb. Decrease in size, extent, or range. "His voice fell to a whisper"


2. Verb. Lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of. "Don't belittle your colleagues"
Exact synonyms: Belittle
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Lessen, Minify

Definition of Diminish

1. v. t. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.

2. v. i. To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.

Definition of Diminish

1. Verb. (transitive) To make smaller. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To become smaller. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To taper. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To disappear gradually. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive music) To reduce a perfect or minor interval by a semitone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diminish

1. to lessen [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: lessen

Medical Definition of Diminish

1. 1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; opposed to augment or increase. "Not diminish, but rather increase, the debt." (Barrow) 2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken. "This doth nothing diminish their opinion." (Robynson (More's Utopia)) "I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations." (Ezek. Xxix. 15) "O thou . . . at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads." (Milton) 3. To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh. 4. To take away; to subtract. "Neither shall ye diminish aught from it." (Deut. Iv. 2) Diminished column, one whose upper diameter is less than the lower. Diminished, or Diminishing, scale, a scale of gradation used in finding the different points for drawing the spiral curve of the volute. Diminishing rule, a stile which is narrower in one part than in another, as in many glazed doors. Synonym: To decrease, lessen, abate, reduce, contract, curtail, impair, degrade. See Decrease. Origin: Pref. Di- (= L. Dis-) + minish: cf. L. Diminuere, F. Diminuer, OE. Diminuen. See Dis-, and Minish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diminish

dimetric
dimetridazole
dimetrodon
dimication
dimications
dimictic
dimidiate
dimidiate hermaphroditism
dimidiated
dimidiates
dimidiating
dimidiation
diminazen
diminazene
diming
diminish (current term)
diminishable
diminished
diminished arch
diminished fifth
diminished fifths
diminished fourth
diminished fourths
diminished interval
diminished intervals
diminished ninth
diminished ninths
diminished octave
diminished octaves
diminished radix complement

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