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.
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Weary sennights nine times nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. --Shak.
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Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. --Swift.
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Dwindle
\Dwin"dle\, v. t.
1. To make less; to bring low.
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Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
--Thomson.
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2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon.
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Dwindle
\Dwin"dle\, n.
The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
[R.] --Johnson.
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