diminish, decrease, wane, fade, peter out
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Dwindle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To make less; to bring low.
To make less; to bring low.
(v. t.)
To break; to disperse.
To break; to disperse.
(v. i.)
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
(n.)
The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
dwindle
\dwin"dle\ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. dwindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. dwindling (?).] [from oe. dwinen to languish, waste away, as. dwīnan; akin to lg. dwinen, d. dwijnen to vanish, icel. dvīna 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. religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs.
dwindle
\dwin"dle\, v. t.
1. to make less; to bring low. our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
2. to break; to disperse. [r.]
dwindle
\dwin"dle\, n. the process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [r.]
To diminish or become less.
Verb
1. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
(synonym) dwindle away, dwindle down
(hypernym) decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
(derivation) dwindling, dwindling away
