Dictionary Definition
dwindle v : become smaller or lose substance;
"Her savings dwindled down" [syn: dwindle
away, dwindle
down]
User Contributed Dictionary
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪndəl
Verb
- To decrease,
shrink, vanish, or become less continuously but somewhat
unsteadily or gradually.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
- The Machine marches globally forward and silence is the dwindling place where noise has not yet penetrated.
- 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
Translations
(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, vanish
- Finnish: vähetä
- French: diminuer
- German: schwinden
- Italian: restringersi, diminuire
- Portuguese: diminuir, decrescer
- Spanish: disminuir
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abate,
ablate, attenuate, bate, be consumed, be eaten away,
be gone, calm, calm down,
cease, cease to be, cease
to exist, close, condense, consume, consume away, contract, corrode, crumble, decline, decrease, deliquesce, dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die down, die out,
diminish, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do a fade-out, drift away,
droop, drop, drop off, ebb, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, extenuate, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, fall
short, flag, flee, fly, go, go away, halt, hide, languish, leave no trace, leave
the scene, lessen, let
up, lose strength, lull,
melt, melt away, moderate, molder, move away, move off,
pacify, pass, pass away, pass out, peak, perish, peter out, pine, plummet, plunge, pull away, quiesce, quiet, quieten, recede, reduce, retire, retire from sight,
retreat, retrocede, run down, run low,
sag, shrink, shrivel up, sink, sink away, soothe, stand off, stop, subside, suffer an eclipse, tail
off, taper, taper off,
thin, tranquilize, vanish, vanish from sight,
wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, widen the
distance, wilt, withdraw, wither, wither
away