Dwindle Definition
dwĭndl
dwindled, dwindles, dwindling
verb
dwindled, dwindles, dwindling
To become gradually less until little remains.
American Heritage
To keep on becoming or making smaller or less; diminish; shrink.
Webster's New World
To cause to dwindle.
Difficulties that dwindled my enthusiasm for the recipe.
American Heritage
(intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation. (Goldsmith, Vicar, III)
Wiktionary
To lessen; to bring low.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Dwindle
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Frequentative of Middle English dwinen to waste away from Old English dwīnan to shrink dheu-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Diminutive form of dwine, from Old English dwinan (“to waste away”), akin to Old Norse dvena/dvína (Danish tvine (“to pine away”)).
From Wiktionary
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