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- DWINDLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of DWINDLE is to become steadily less : shrink How to use dwindle in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Dwindle
- DWINDLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DWINDLE definition: 1 to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number: 2 to become smaller in size or… Learn more
- DWINDLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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 [VERB] Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit is swelling [VERB] He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority [VERB -ing] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- Dwindle - definition of dwindle by The Free Dictionary
To become gradually less until little remains See Synonyms at decrease To cause to dwindle: difficulties that dwindled my enthusiasm for the recipe [Frequentative of Middle English dwinen, to waste away, from Old English dwīnan, to shrink; see dheu- in Indo-European roots ] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
- dwindle verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of dwindle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to become gradually less or smaller dwindle (away) (to something) Support for the party has dwindled away to nothing dwindle (from something) (to something) Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20
- What does dwindle mean? - Definitions. net
dwindle verb To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size dwindle verb To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation (Goldsmith, Vicar, III) Etymology: Diminutive form of dwine, from dwinan, akin to Old Norse dvena dvína \(Danish tvine150290)
- Dwindle - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
All can dwindle, or shrink away, if we don't handle them properly The word dwindle has a wonderfully descriptive, almost childlike sound to it, as though it belongs in a nursery rhyme
- DWINDLE Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com
to fall away, as in quality; degenerate dwindled, dwindling Failing health dwindles ambition “Collins English Dictionary — Complete Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons Co Ltd 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 See decrease Examples have not been reviewed
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