About The Word Dwindle
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Dwindle
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What's The Definition Of Dwindle?
[v] become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dwindle: dwindle away | dwindle down Related Terms | Find terms related to Dwindle: abate | ablate | attenuate | bate | be consumed | be eaten away | be gone | calm | calm down | cease | cease to be | cease to exist | close | condense | consume | consume away | contract | corrode | crumble | decline | decrease | deliquesce | dematerialize | depart | die | die away | die down | die out | diminish | disappear | dispel | disperse | dissipate | dissolve | dive | do a fade-out | drift away | droop | drop | drop off | ebb | erode | evanesce | evaporate | exit | extenuate | fade | fade away | fade out | fail | fall | fall away | fall off | fall short | flag | flee | fly | go | go away | halt | hide | languish | leave no trace | leave the scene | lessen | let up | lose strength | lull | melt | melt away | moderate | molder | move away | move off | pacify | pass | pass away | pass out | peak | perish | peter out | pine | plummet | plunge | pull away | quiesce | quiet | quieten | recede | reduce | retire | retire from sight | retreat | retrocede | run down | run low | sag | shrink | shrivel up | sink | sink away | soothe | stand off | stop | subside | suffer an eclipse | tail off | taper | taper off | thin | tranquilize | vanish | vanish from sight | wane | waste | waste away | weaken | wear | wear away | widen the distance | wilt | withdraw | wither | wither away See Also | decrease | diminish | fall | lessen Dwindle In Webster's Dictionary \Dwin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwindled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Dwindling}.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain
origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is
added to the root with a diminutive force.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak
and pine. --Shak.
Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious
clubs. --Swift.
\Dwin"dle\, v. t. 1. To make less; to bring low. Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. --Thomson. 2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon. \Dwin"dle\, n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] --Johnson. |
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