Definition of "diminish" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To make smaller.

2. (intransitive) To become less or smaller.

3. (transitive) To make appear smaller than in reality; to dismiss as unimportant.

4. (transitive) To lessen the authority or dignity of; to put down; to degrade; to abase; to weaken; to nerf (in gaming).

   • 1639, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia by Thomas More, London, Book 2, “Of their journying or travelling abroad,” p. 197, […] this doth nothing diminish their opinion.

5. (intransitive) To taper.

6. (intransitive) To disappear gradually.

7. (transitive) To take away; to subtract.