Dwindle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To become gradually less until little remains.
  • v. To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.
  • v. To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
  • v. To make less; to bring low.
  • v. To break; to disperse.
  • n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To diminish; become less; shrink; waste or consume away: with by or from before the cause, and to, in, or into before the effect or result: as, the body dwindles by pining or consumption; an estate dwindles from waste; an object dwindles in size as it recedes from view; from its constant exposure, the regiment dwindled to a skeleton.
  • To degenerate; sink; fall away in quality.
  • Synonyms Diminish, etc. (see decrease); attenuate, become attenuated, decline, fall off, fall away.
  • n. Gradual decline or decrease; a wasting away; degeneracy; decline.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become smaller or lose substance
  • Verb Form
    dwindled    dwindles    dwindling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diminish    fall    lessen    decrease   
    Form
    dwindled    dwindling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diminish    shrink    break    disperse    dwindlement   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Tindal    Tindall    Tyndall    bindle    brindle