decreasing

English

Verb

decreasing

1. present participle and gerund of decrease

Noun

decreasing (plural decreasings)

1. (knitting) A decrease.
   • 2016, Mrs. Beeton, Book of Needlework, page 54:

     The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.

Anagrams

• gradiences