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dwindle
[dwin-dl]
verb (used without object)
to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away.
His vast fortune has dwindled away.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms:to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.
verb (used with object)
to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink.
Failing health dwindles ambition.
Synonyms:Antonyms:
dwindle
/ ˈɪԻə /
verb
to grow or cause to grow less in size, intensity, or number; diminish or shrink gradually
Other 51Թ Forms
- undwindling adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dwindle1
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Example Sentences
Fifteen minutes later, the protest had dwindled to a few dozen demonstrators corralled outside the county courthouse.
For the Test-playing countries outside the so-called 'big three', attendances for matches have dwindled and broadcast revenues are considerably smaller.
Officers forced protesters several blocks up Temple Street, occasionally firing less-lethal munitions and shoving people, but the crowd had dwindled to less than two dozen by that point.
A friend of Tiger's from Stilfontein, who only wants to be identified as Ayanda, tells me they used to share food and cigarettes before supplies dwindled.
And when the time comes — when the crates of tomatoes start to dwindle and I feel that first late-summer shiver in the air — I’ll settle on a recipe.
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