ENLARDING Antonyms

• becoming infected

• becoming less or smaller

• (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume

• becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer

• process or result of becoming less or smaller

• the act of becoming less

• closely and firmly united or packed together

• a small cosmetics case with a mirror; to be carried in a woman's purse

• a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action

• a small and economical car

• having a short and solid form or stature

• briefly giving the gist of something

• have the property of being packable or of compacting easily

• compress into a wad

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• being of delicate or slender build

• small in quantity

• take off weight