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dwindle

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdwindledwin‧dle /ˈdwɪndl/ ●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる verb [intransitive] (also dwindle away)LESSSMALL to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller The elephant population is dwindling. His money had dwindled away.dwindle to The stream has dwindled to a trickle.► see thesaurus at decrease —dwindling adjective dwindling resources→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusdwindle• The money available to build new parks has dwindled.• And her rock collection is dwindling.• Since 1984, interference from the government has dwindled.• Not for nothing have the return invitations dwindled a bit over the years.• Required to spend more time with Matilda, Agnes finds that her encounters with the curate dwindle and almost cease altogether.• They start off so large and marvellous, then they dwindle away to nothing.• Discussions about texts dwindled into silence; discussions about moms threatened to turn into full-blown therapy sessions.• The country's foreign currency reserves have dwindled over the past few years.• He was simply responding to the twin pressures of dwindling tax revenues and pressing needs.• The original platoon of 30 men had dwindled to 12.• There was a vaguely Rincewind-shaped violet shadow, dwindling to a point and winking out.Origin dwindle (1500-1600) dwine "to become less"
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Verb table
dwindle
Simple Form
Present
it dwindles
dwindle
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Past
it, they dwindled
Present perfect
they have dwindled
it has dwindled
Past perfect
it, they had dwindled
Future
it, they will dwindle
Future perfect
it, they will have dwindled
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Continuous Form
Present
they are dwindling
it is dwindling
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Past
they were dwindling
it was dwindling
Present perfect
they have been dwindling
it has been dwindling
Past perfect
it, they had been dwindling
Future
it, they will be dwindling
Future perfect
it, they will have been dwindling
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