Definizione monolingua

dwindle

dwindle (third-person singular simple present dwindles, present participle dwindling, simple past and past participle dwindled)

1. (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size
   • 1802, Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace, translated by T. Paynell,

     [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, […]

2. (intransitive, figuratively) to fall away in quality; degenerate, sink

   The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation. (Goldsmith, Vicar, III)

   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

   The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.

Definizione dizionario dwindle

	diminuire
	(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish

	restringersi
	(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish

consumarsi

decrescere

restringere

rimpicciolire

svanire

Altri significati:

tapering off (away)

(intransitive, figuratively) to fall away in quality; degenerate, sink

(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size