DWINDLE


Meaning of DWINDLE in English

[dwin.dle] vb dwin.dled ; dwin.dling [prob. freq. of dwine to waste away, fr. ME, fr. OE dwinan; akin to ON dvina to pine away, deyja to die--more at die] vi (1596): to become steadily less: shrink ~ vt: to make steadily less syn see decrease

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