'Dwindle' definitions:
Definition of 'dwindle'
(from WordNet)
verb
Become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down" [syn: dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down]
Definition of 'Dwindle'
From: GCIDE
- Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. t.
- 1. To make less; to bring low. [1913 Webster]
- Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dwindle'
From: GCIDE
- Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dwindle'
From: GCIDE
- Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dw[imac]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dv[imac]na 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. [1913 Webster]
- Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dwindle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- deliquesce,
- dematerialize,
- depart,
- die,
- die away,
- die down,
- die out,
- diminish,
- disappear,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- dive,
- do a fade-out,
- drift away,
- droop,
- drop,
- drop off,
- ebb,
- erode,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- extenuate,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fail,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- fall short,
- flag,
- flee,
- fly,
- go,
- go away,
- halt,
- hide,
- languish,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- lessen,
- let up,
- lose strength,
- lull,
- melt,
- melt away,
- moderate,
- molder,
- move away,
- move off,
- pacify,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- peak,
- perish,
- peter out,
- pine,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- pull away,
- quiesce,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- recede,
- reduce,
- retire,
- retire from sight,
- retreat,
- retrocede,
- run down,
- run low,
- sag,
- shrink,
- shrivel up,
- sink,
- sink away,
- soothe,
- stand off,
- stop,
- subside,
- suffer an eclipse,
- tail off,
- taper,
- taper off,
- thin,
- tranquilize,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away,
- widen the distance,
- wilt,
- withdraw,
- wither,
- wither away