1) Decreased 2) Reduced 1) Diminished 2) Diminished or moderated 3) Held back 4) Italian dumplings 5) Kind of breath 6) Like some breaths 7) Reduced 8) Reduced in intensity 9) Restrained 10) Suspensefully held in 11) Type of breath 
• (a.) Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. • (imp. & p. p.) of Bate
Bat'ed adjective Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath. Macaulay. 
[adj] - held back 2. [adj] - diminished or moderated
bated (BAT'D) 1. Lessened by the force of; moderated: 'The hunters took the meat and left the offal for the buzzards.' 2. Taken away, subtracted: 'They waited with bated breath.'
adjective diminished or moderated; `our bated enthusiasm`; `his bated hopes`