[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
DWINDLE
Meaning of DWINDLE in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012