Decrescendo (Verb)
Meaning
Grow quieter; "The music decrescendoes here".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The loud celebration eventually begins to decrescendo as the night draws to a close.
- The music decrescendoes here, shifting from a lively tempo to a soft melody.
- As the storm subsides, the thunder gradually decrescendoes into a gentle patter.
- The sound of waves at the ocean recedes as low tide sets in, and the roar decrescendoes into calm.
- In the final measures of the symphony, the volumes slowly begin to decrescendo.