dwindle
to grow smaller and smaller
TRANSLATION
abnehmen, schwinden, (ein)schrumpfen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"For decades, the British automotive industry has been a story of British ownership DWINDLING as foreigners snapped up brands from the proudest Jaguars and Bentleys to the humblest Mini."
(The New York Times 18th March 2000)
(The New York Times 18th March 2000)
Did you
know?
dwindle
means to become gradually less and less until little or nothing remains.
Synonyms:
abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail off, wane, waste, weaken, wear, wither
means to become gradually less and less until little or nothing remains.
Synonyms:
abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail off, wane, waste, weaken, wear, wither
