Term: decrease: a process of becoming smaller or shorter
Candidate hypernym: process: a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states → 1
Candidate hypernym: blood meal: the dried and powdered blood of animals → 0
Candidate hypernym: flip: a sudden, quick movement → 0
Candidate hypernym: zairese: a native or inhabitant of Zaire → 0
Candidate hypernym: pigfish: found from Long Island southward → 0
Candidate hypernym: background: information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem → 0
Candidate hypernym: rug: floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) → 0
Candidate hypernym: sandfly fever: a mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasii → 0
Candidate hypernym: immunoglobulin e: one of the five major classes of immunoglobulins; present primarily in the skin and mucous membranes → 0
Candidate hypernym: photography: the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces → 0
Candidate hypernym: nutgrass: a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers → 0