dwindle
/ˈdwɪn.dəl/ verb C1- To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity. · Their supplies began to dwindle after a week.· Interest in the project slowly dwindled.
- To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
- To lessen; to bring low.
- To break up or disperse.
He/she/it dwindles · Past dwindled · Past participle dwindled · -ing form dwindling
Verb forms
- Base form
- dwindle
- He/she/it
- dwindles
- Past
- dwindled
- Past participle
- dwindled
- -ing form
- dwindling
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The world of finance dwindled suddenly to a speck.
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