make or grow bigger; increase:
constrict,
halt,
lower,
compress,
cut,
abridge,
reduce,
narrow,
restrict,
shorten,
decrease,
curtail,
fall,
lessen,
slump,
abbreviate,
drop,
shrink,
stop,
decline,
condense,
simplify,
contract,
diminish.
noun:
handcuff,
restrain,
subjugate,
conquer,
constrict,
deduct,
retrench,
lower,
wane,
remove,
jail,
compress,
enchain,
confine,
intern,
subdue,
minify,
lock,
abstract,
shackle,
incarcerate,
enslave,
fetter,
immure,
withdraw,
manacle,
condense,
trammel,
imprison,
commit,
dissever,
bind.