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dwindle

dwin·dle [ dwínd'l ] (past and past participle dwin·dled, present participle dwin·dling, 3rd person present singular dwin·dles)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
diminish: to decrease little by little in size, number, or intensity and approach zero, or make something decrease in this way
Supplies were dwindling.

[Late 16th century. < obsolete dwine "waste away" < Indo-European, "become exhausted"]
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