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.

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.

Some common synonyms of dwindle are abate, decrease, diminish, lessen, and reduce. While all these words mean "to grow or make less," dwindle implies progressive lessening and is applied to things growing visibly smaller.

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 nothing. dwindle (from something) (to something) Membership of the club has dwindled from 70 to 20.

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

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.

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 dwinen, to waste away, from Old English dwīnan, to shrink; see dheu- in Indo-European roots.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health dwindles ambition. Synonyms: lessen Antonyms: magnify dwindle / ˈdwɪndəl /

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