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Word entry · 7 letters

dwindle

Best crossword clue

"Shrink gradually"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈdwɪn.dəl/Part of speech verbSorted ddeilnwStarts with DEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. become smaller or lose substance

Word origin

Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. It is equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena, dvína, Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).

Used in a sentence

  • Their supplies began to dwindle after a week.
  • Interest in the project slowly dwindled.
  • dwindle away

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