If something is on the increase, it is happening more often or becoming greater in number or intensity. Crime is on the increase. if you increase something, or if it increases, it becomes bigger in amount, number, or degree decrease, reduce reduce (encreistre, from increscere, from crescere )
new plants which begin as white waxy looking pointed buds on the sides of the rhizome (sometimes known in some regions as toes) Increases provide an exact clone of the original mother plant
the act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary" the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare" a change resulting in an increase; "the increase is scheduled for next month" a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased