All grow antonyms

verb grow

• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• lessen — to become less.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• demolish — To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
• raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
• languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• condense — If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
• curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
• shorten — to make short or shorter.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• stunt — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.