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dwindle
to grow gradually less or smaller
Synonyms
- diminish
- shrink
- decrease
Antonyms
- grow
- expand
dwindle in a sentence
The crowd dwindled as the rain grew heavier.
Their savings dwindled to almost nothing by the end of winter.
Where it comes from
From Old English dwīnan 'to waste away'
Memory hook
DWINDLE — slowly DwINDles down to nothing.
Read it in context
- The Line Between Gardens Narrative