DWINDLE


Meaning of DWINDLE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ fast , quickly , rapidly

Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.

▪ gradually , slowly

▪ steadily

▪ away , down ( esp. AmE )

Membership of the club had ~d away to nothing.

PREPOSITION

▪ into

The group's support ~d into insignificance.

▪ to

Profits slowly ~d to nothing.

Dwindle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ number , ↑ population , ↑ reserve , ↑ stock , ↑ supply

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .