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1. (v.i.) dwindle
to become smaller and smaller; shrink; diminish.
2. dwindle
to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.
3. (v.t.) dwindle
to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink.
Etymology: (1590–1600; dwine (now dial.) to waste away (ME; OE dwīnan; c. MD dwīnen, ON dvīna) + -le)
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| Definition of 'dwindle' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
become smaller or lose substance
"Her savings dwindled down"
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1. (verb) dwindle
≠ increase
Shark numbers have dwindled rapidly.; Support for the movement is dwindling.; a dwindling oil supply
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1. (noun) dwindle
the process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy
2. (verb) dwindle
to diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away
3. (verb) dwindle
to make less; to bring low
4. (verb) dwindle
to break; to disperse
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Sense: to grow less
His money dwindled away.
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 Afrikaans: verminder |
 Arabic: يَتَضاءَل، يَقِل |
 Bulgarian: намалявам |
 Brazilian: minguar |
 Czech: ubývat, scvrkávat se, roz |
 German: schwinden |
 Danish: skrumpe ind; svinde in |
 Greek: λιγοστεύω |
 Spanish: disminuir |
 Estonian: kahanema |
 Farsi: کاهش یافتن |
 Finnish: huveta |
 French: diminuer |
 Hebrew: לְפָחוֹת |
 Hindi: क्षीण हो जाना |
 Croatian: smanjivati se, gubiti se |
 Hungarian: csökken |
 Indonesian: makin berkurang |
 Icelandic: rÿrna, minnka |
 Italian: diminuire |
 Japanese: 小さくなる |
 Korean: 점점 작아지다 |
 Lithuanian: mažėti, sekti |
 Latvian: samazināties; sarauties |
 Malay: menyusut |
 Dutch: slinken |
 Norwegian: bli mindre, svinne hen |
 Polish: zmniejszać się |
 Persian: کاهش یافتن |
 Pashto: كميدل |
 Portuguese: minguar |
 Romanian: a seîmpuţina |
 Russian: уменьшаться |
 Slovak: rozplynúť sa |
 Slovenian: izginevati |
 Serbian: smanjivati se |
 Swedish: krympa ihop, försvinna, r |
 Thai: หดตัว |
 Turkish: azalmak, küçülmek |
 Taiwanese: 逐漸減少 |
 Ukrainian: вичерпуватися |
 Urdu: انحطاط پزیر ہونا |
 Vietnamese: teo lại |
 Chinese: 逐渐减少 |
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