usage: decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
2. diminish, belittle, decrease, lessen, minify
usage: lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
usage: (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
3. diminished, decreased (vs. increased), reduced
usage: (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval; "a diminished fifth"