Associations to the word «Dwindle»

Wiktionary

DWINDLE, verb. (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.
DWINDLE, verb. (intransitive) (figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
DWINDLE, verb. To lessen; to bring low.
DWINDLE, verb. To break; to disperse.

Dictionary definition

DWINDLE, verb. Become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis