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dwin·dle

(dwĭn′dl)

v. dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles

v.intr.

To become gradually less until little remains. See Synonyms at decrease.

v.tr.

To cause to dwindle: difficulties that dwindled my enthusiasm for the recipe.

[Frequentative of Middle English dwinen, to waste away, from Old English dwīnan, to shrink; see dheu- in Indo-European roots.]

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dwindling

(ˈdwɪndəlɪŋ)

adj

(Statistics) growing less in size, intensity, or number until there is nothing or almost nothing left; diminishing or shrinking gradually

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Noun	1.	dwindling - a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family" dwindling away decrease, lessening, drop-off - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales" fading away - gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength
Adj.	1.	dwindling - gradually decreasing until little remains tapering off, tapering decreasing - becoming less or smaller

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dwindling

[ˈdwɪndlɪŋ]

A. ADJ (gen) → menguante

B. N → disminución f

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dwindling

[ˈdwɪnd^əlɪŋ] adj [number] → décroissant(e), en diminution
sb's dwindling band of supporters → un groupe de supporters de moins en moins nombreux

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dwindling

adj → schwindend; interest → nachlassend; population, numbers, audiences → zurückgehend; stocks, supplies → schwindend; the prime minister’s dwindling popularity → die sinkende Beliebtheit des Premierministers

n → Schwinden nt; (of stocks, population) → Rückgang m; (of interest) → Nachlassen nt

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dwindling

[ˈdwɪndlɪŋ] adj (strength, interest) → che si affievolisce; (resources, supplies) → in diminuzione

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Anyone coming along the road from Chobham or Wo- king would have been amazed at the sight--a dwindling mul- titude of perhaps a hundred people or more standing in a great irregular circle, in ditches, behind bushes, behind gates and hedges, saying little to one another and that in short, excited shouts, and staring, staring hard at a few heaps of sand.

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His dreams had collapsed when the mule drivers, dwindling rapidly, had wavered and hes- itated on the little clearing, and then had recoiled.

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Closed in by night with broad screens, and illumined only in that part, the light of the drawing-room seems gradually contracting and dwindling until it shall be no more.

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For me the life, and light, and sparkle of human intercourse were dwindling.

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