Diminish

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Diminish

Diminish : குறை, சிறிதாக்கு, சுருக்கு

Diminish definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
  2. To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken.
  3. To make smaller by a half step; to make (an interval) less than minor; as, a diminished seventh.
  4. To take away; to subtract.

Intransitive verb. To become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede from it.