dwindle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dwindle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for dwindle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dwindle v become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down" Synonym(s): dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. t. 1. To make less; to bring low. Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. --Thomson. 2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] --Johnson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwindled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwindling}.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dw[c6]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dv[c6]na to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is added to the root with a diminutive force.] To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away. Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. --Shak. Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. --Swift.