dwindle

Pronunciation: /ˈdwɪn.dəl/

The English word “dwindle” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

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

Etymology

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”).

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