The meaning of DWINDLE is to become steadily less : shrink. How to use dwindle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Dwindle.

DWINDLE definition: 1. to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number: 2. to become smaller in size or…. Learn more.

DWINDLE meaning: 1. to become smaller in size or amount, or fewer in number: 2. to become smaller in size or…. Learn more.

to fall away, as in quality; degenerate. dwindled, dwindling. Failing health dwindles ambition. 1590–1600; dwine (now dial.) to waste away ( Middle English; Old English dwīnan; cognate …

All can dwindle, or shrink away, if we don't handle them properly. The word dwindle has a wonderfully descriptive, almost childlike sound to it, as though it belongs in a nursery rhyme.

If something dwindles, it becomes smaller, weaker, or less in number. The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred. [VERB] Exports are dwindling and the trade deficit …

Definition of dwindle verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to become gradually less or smaller. dwindle (away) (to something) Support for the party has dwindled away to …

To become gradually less until little remains. See Synonyms at decrease. To cause to dwindle: difficulties that dwindled my enthusiasm for the recipe. [Frequentative of Middle English …

To keep on becoming or making smaller or less; diminish; shrink. To cause to dwindle. Difficulties that dwindled my enthusiasm for the recipe. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; …

To grow or cause to grow less in size, intensity, or number; diminish or shrink gradually.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.