dwindle
/ˈdwɪnd(ə)l
/verb [no object]
Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength: traffic has dwindled to a trickle (as adjective dwindling) dwindling resources...
- Though she was many miles away, he felt her aura gradually dim and dwindle until it faded completely away…
- North Sea gas supplies are gradually dwindling, with much of the infrastructure now at a ripe old age.
- There is nothing wrong with the people - it is the investment which has gradually dwindled.
Synonyms
diminish, decrease, reduce, get smaller, become smaller, grow smaller, become less, grow less, lessen, wane, contract, shrink, fall off, taper off, tail off, drop, fall, go down, sink, slump, plummet;
disappear, vanish, die out
informal nosedive, take a nosedive
decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fail, ebb, wane, sink, slip, slide, go downhill, go to rack and ruin, decay, wither, fade, fade away
informal peter out, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go down the toilet, go down the tubes
Australian/New Zealand informal go to the pack
Origin
Late 16th century: frequentative of Scots and dialect dwine 'fade away', from Old English dwīnan, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch dwīnen and Old Norse dvína.
Rhymes
- musicalize
- musically
- musicalness
- musical ride
- musical sand
- musical saw
- musical soiree
- musical soirée
- musical sound
- musical statues
- musical theatre
- musical theorist
- musical theory
- musical watch
- musica nortena
- musica norteno
- musica norteña
- musica plana
- music appreciation
- musica reservata
- musicassette
- music band
- music book
- music box
- music case