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| dwin·dle [ dwínd'l ] (past and past participle dwin·dled, present participle dwin·dling, 3rd person present singular dwin·dles) |
transitive and intransitive verb |
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diminish: to decrease little by little in size, number, or intensity and approach zero, or make something decrease in this way
  Supplies were dwindling.
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| [Late 16th century. < obsolete dwine "waste away" < Indo-European, "become exhausted"] |
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