to dwindle away
1dwindle away — verb become smaller or lose substance Her savings dwindled down • Syn: ↑dwindle, ↑dwindle down • Derivationally related forms: ↑dwindling (for: ↑dwindle) …
2dwindle — v. (D; intr.) to dwindle (away) to (to dwindle to nothing) * * * [ dwɪndl] (D; intr.) to dwindle (away) to (to dwindle to nothing) …
3dwindle — UK [ˈdwɪnd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms dwindle : present tense I/you/we/they dwindle he/she/it dwindles present participle dwindling past tense dwindled past participle dwindled to become gradually less or smaller over a period of… …
4dwindle — dwin|dle [ˈdwındl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: dwine [i] to become less ] also dwindle away to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller ▪ The elephant population is dwindling. ▪ His money had dwindled away. dwindle to ▪ The stream… …
5dwindle — dwin|dle [ dwındl ] verb intransitive to become gradually less or smaller over a period of time until almost nothing remains: Resources are dwindling. dwindle to: Water supplies have dwindled to their lowest level in ten years. dwindle away: Her… …
6dwindle — verb (I) also dwindle away to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller: The workforce has dwindled since its pre war heyday. | dwindle (away) to nothing/one/two etc: Their supply of food had dwindled to almost nothing. dwindling… …
7dwindle down — verb become smaller or lose substance Her savings dwindled down • Syn: ↑dwindle, ↑dwindle away • Derivationally related forms: ↑dwindling (for: ↑dwindle) …
8Dwindle — Dwin dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwindling}.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dw[=i]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dv[=i]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The… …
9dwindle — [v] waste away; taper off abate, bate, become smaller, close, contract, decay, decline, decrease, die away, die down, die out, diminish, drain, drop, ebb, fade, fall, grow less, lessen, peter out*, pine, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off*, subside …
10dwindle — 1590s, apparently diminutive and frequentative of M.E. dwinen waste away, fade, vanish, from O.E. dwinan, from P.Gmc. *dwinanan (Cf. Du. dwijnen to vanish, O.N. dvina, Dan. tvine, Low Ger. dwinen), from PIE *dheu (3) to die (see DIE (Cf. die) …