dwindle
21dwindle — verb (dwindled; dwindling) Etymology: probably frequentative of dwine to waste away, from Middle English, from Old English dwīnan; akin to Old Norse dvīna to pine away, deyja to die more at die Date: 1596 intransitive verb to become …
22dwindle — /dwin dl/, v., dwindled, dwindling. v.i. 1. to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away. 2. to fall away, as in quality; degenerate. v.t. 3. to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health… …
23dwindle — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
24dwindle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. diminish, shrink, lessen, run low, waste away. See decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. decrease, wane, lessen, diminish; see decrease 1 . See Synonym Study at decrease . III (Roget s 3… …
25dwindle — [[t]dwɪ̱nd(ə)l[/t]] dwindles, dwindling, dwindled VERB If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number. The factory s workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred... Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is… …
26dwindle — dwin·dle || dwɪndl v. diminish, decrease, wane, fade, peter out …
27dwindle — verb diminish gradually. Origin C16: frequentative of Scots and dialect dwine fade away , from OE dwīnan, of Gmc origin …
28dwindle — I. v. n. 1. Diminish, decrease, lessen, shrink, grow less, grow little. 2. Sink, degenerate, decline, decay, fall away, fall off. II. v. a. Diminish, decrease, lessen, make less …
29dwindle — verb 1) the population dwindled Syn: diminish, decrease, reduce, lessen, shrink; fall off, tail off, drop, fall, slump, plummet; disappear, vanish, die out; informal nosedive Ant …
30dwindle — v 1. wane, fade, diminish, lessen, fritter; shrink, contract, become smaller; condense, compact, reduce, shorten, abridge, abbreviate, curtail, cut short. 2. decline, fall, sink, flag, droop, drop; degenerate, go downhill, decay, rot, deteriorate …
