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decrescendo
 
Adjective decrescendo has 1 sense
  1. decrescendo, diminuendo - gradually decreasing in volume
    Antonym: increasing (indirect, via decreasing)
Noun decrescendo has 1 sense
  1. decrescendo, diminuendo - (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
    --1 is a kind of softness
    Derived form: verb decrescendo1
Verb decrescendo has 1 sense
  1. decrescendo - grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here"
    --1 is one way to     decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Antonyms: crescendo
    Derived form: noun decrescendo1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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