What does "dwindle" mean?
Dwindle: To make less; to bring low. Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. Thomson.
Additional senses
- 2.To break; to disperse. [R.] Clarendon.
- 3.The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] Johnson.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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