English
From Anglo-Saxon dwinan, "to waste away". Confer Dutch verdwijnen, "to vanish".
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-dwindle.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪnd�l|-ɪnd�l
Verb
en-verb|dwindl|ing
- intransitive To decrease, shrink, vanish, or become less continuously but somewhat unsteady|unsteadily or gradually.
#* 2007. Zerzan, John. Silence.
#*: The Machine marches globally forward and silence is the dwindling place where noise has not yet penetrated.
Translations
trans-top|(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, vanish
Finnish: vähetä
French: diminuer
German: schwinden
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Italian: restringersi, diminuire
Portuguese: t|pt|diminuir, t|pt|decrescer
Spanish: disminuir
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