Term: decrescendo: (music) a gradual decrease in loudness
Candidate hypernym: softness: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency → 1
Candidate hypernym: escalator: a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt → 0
Candidate hypernym: radiotelephone: telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire → 0
Candidate hypernym: blackout: a momentary loss of consciousness → 0
Candidate hypernym: katsura tree: rapidly growing deciduous tree of low mountainsides of China and Japan; grown as an ornamental for its dark blue-green candy-scented foliage that becomes yellow to scarlet in autumn → 0
Candidate hypernym: hock: tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle → 0
Candidate hypernym: tone system: the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language → 0
Candidate hypernym: kidney bean: large dark red bean; usually dried → 0
Candidate hypernym: vigilante: member of a vigilance committee → 0
Candidate hypernym: hiding: the state of being hidden → 0
Candidate hypernym: teasing: playful vexation → 0