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dwindle

UK/ˈdwɪn.dəl/ US/ˈdwɪndʌl/ fairly common

verb

1.

become smaller or lose substance

  • “Her savings dwindled down”
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Origin

Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. It is equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena, dvína, Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).

Phrases

  • fall dwindle disease

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