spread out, curb, lengthen, reduce, curtail, decrease, abbreviate, shorten, drop off, abate, minimize, cut back on, taper (off), lessen, space (out)

slash, trim, cut, degrade, lower, crop, curb, shrink, reduce, water down, restrict, thwart, suck out, downgrade, decline, cut down/back, scale back/down, ameliorate, abbreviate, shorten, minimize, blunt, dwarf, prune, pare (down), impoverish, simplify, condense, diminish, detract from

chip away, slash, shave off, trim, flatten, contract, abrade, shed, whittle, chisel, lower, shrink, thin, reduce, narrow, divide, deduct, consume, apportion, skimp, scale back/down, economize, hemorrhage (money/staff), shorten, minimize, lessen, dwarf, prune, pare (down), diminish, cut (back/down), cut costs, slim down (the budget), abridge, stunt, truncate, take away, compact, restrict (growth), ratchet down, subtract, subdivide, miniaturize, foreshorten, rightsize

hollow out, hang, droop, sag, shake, shrivel, pop, shrink, spot, mottle, crisscross, thin, gray, firm, crinkle, wrinkle, crease, crumple, darken, yellow, pale, discolor, drain, collapse, draw in, deepen, harden, dry out, line with (age), pull on (the skin), etch (lines into a face)

couple, suck, mate, nurse, stand up, learn, reproduce, suckle, ail, perish, die, crawl, walk, wean, conceive, give birth, procreate, mature, fall ill, sicken, age, circumcise, graduate, achieve, decline, recover, wither, grow up, acculturate, buff up, educate, wear down, shoot up, marry, divorce, grieve, date, injure, wed, menstruate, impregnate, teethe, babble, toddle, talk, individuate, pubesce, adolesce, descend from, pair off/up, fill out, lose one's virginity, rear (one's young), grow apart, retire, senesce, grow old/tired