Dwindle

[Dwin·dle]

What do love, money, and the earth all have in common? All can dwindle, or shrink away, if we don't handle them properly.

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To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

Verb
become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"


v. i.
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

v. t.
To make less; to bring low.

v. t.
To break; to disperse.

n.
The 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. dw'c6nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dv'c6na 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.] Clarendon.

Dwindle

Dwin"dle, n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] Johnson.

To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

To make less; to bring low.

The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

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