ˈdwīn intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English dwinen, from Old English dwīnan; akin to Middle Dutch dwīnen to disappear, languish, faint, Old Norse dvīna to dwindle or pine away, Old Irish dīth end, death, Armenian di corpse, Old Norse deyja to die — more at die
now chiefly dialect : to waste or pine away : languish