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dwindle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dwindle away, dwindle down |
| Type of | decrease, diminish, fall, lessen |
| Derivation | dwindling |
Her savings dwindled down.
Examples of dwindle
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Their numbers may quickly dwindle again under the current regulations, she says.
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As music sales dwindle, licensers become a far more influential target audience.
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He watched the event dwindle to a few hundred spectators in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Kapaun had four leads of six or more points, only to see them dwindle each time.
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Like many downtown churches, it has seen its membership and fundraising dwindle.
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Expect his shooting percentage to go up, but his rebounding totals will dwindle.
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Northwestern built an 11-5 lead in the first half and saw it dwindle from there.
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Towards the west of this basin, the hills draw very close but soon dwindle down.
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Meanwhile, as fuel supplies dwindle, new appliances are creating absurd demands.
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- Become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
- (dwindling) gradually decreasing until little remains
- (dwindling) a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"
- To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size; to fall away in quality; degenerate, sink
- (dwindling) that is declining
- (Dwindling) the rapid dying off of old bees in the spring; sometimes called spring dwindling or disappearing disease.
- (Dwindling) Rapid or unusual depletion of hive population, usually in the spring.
- (v) : become smaller, grow feeble
- To diminish, become less
