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To dwindle is defined as to slowly be reduced or become smaller.

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An example of dwindle is when you have a lot of candy and you eat it piece by piece, until the quantity of candy will start to reduce down to nothing.

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intransitive verb, transitive verb dwindled, dwindling

to keep on becoming or making smaller or less; diminish; shrink

Origin: freq. of obs. dwine, to languish, fade < ME dwinen < OE dwīnan, akin to ON dvína < IE base *dheu-: see die

See dwindle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dwin·dled, dwin·dling, dwin·dles

verb, intransitive

To become gradually less until little remains.

verb, transitive

To cause to dwindle. See Synonyms at decrease.

Origin:

Origin: Frequentative of Middle English dwinen, to waste away

Origin: , from Old English dwīnan, to shrink; see dheu-² in Indo-European roots

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