dwindle

/ˈdwɪn.dəl/

verb 4

Collocations

ADV

fast, quickly, rapidly

The number of students interested in learning Latin has dwindled rapidly over the past decade.

gradually, slowly | steadily

away

His savings slowly dwindled away until he had almost nothing left.

PREP

The number of students in the evening class gradually dwindled to just five by the end of term.

verb

To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

Their supplies began to dwindle after a week.

Interest in the project slowly dwindled.

To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.

VVearie Seu'nights, nine times nine, / Shall he dvvindle, peake, and pine: […]

Religious Societies, though begun with excellent Intention, and by Perſons of true Piety, have dwindled into factious Clubs; […]

To lessen; to bring low.

Our drooping days are dwindled down to nought.

To break up or disperse.

there were only five hundred foot and three hundred horse left with him, for the blocking of Plymouth; the rest were dwindled away

Their supplies began to dwindle after a week.

Wiktionary

Interest in the project slowly dwindled.

Wiktionary

dwindle away

Wiktionary

We've made great inroads into solving the problem, but our resources dwindle and the end is not in sight.

Tatoeba · #5887833

The prospects of Zimbabwe facing hunger in the coming months are high, as stocks dwindle and donors ignore calls for more aid.

Tatoeba · #11103808

i Register

In some senses, dwindle is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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