DECREASE

Decrease

A decrease in knitting is a reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch.

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decrease

Noun

  1. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
  2. A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be decreased from another existing stitch or by knitting it together with another stitch. See .

Verb

  1. Of a quantity, to become smaller.
  2. To make (a quantity) smaller.


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