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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: dwindle (0.01006 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to dwindle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dwindle melorot, merosot, mundur
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dwindle dwindle v : become smaller or lose substance; “Her savings dwindled down” [syn: dwindle away, dwindle down]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dwindle Dwindle \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 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] 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] Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

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