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dwindle

/ˈdwɪn.dəl/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
  2. To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
  3. To lessen; to bring low.
  4. To break up or disperse.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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