dwindle

dwindle Definition

dwin·dle (dwin′dəl)

intransitive verb, transitive verb dwindled -·dled, dwindling -·dling

to keep on becoming or making smaller or less; diminish; shrink

Etymology: freq. of obs. dwine, to languish, fade < ME dwinen < OE dwīnan, akin to ON dvína < IE base *dheu-: see die

dwindle Synonyms

dwindle Usage Examples

Preposition: into

insignificance: Compared with rolling back these unacceptable aspects of New Labor, most other policy problems dwindle into insignificance.

Used with why or when

when: But his support began to dwindle when his discourse became more left-leaning and he began attacking what he calls the " rancid oligarchy " .

dwindle Quotes

These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into wife.

—Congreve,William

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