dwindle

Meaning

Verb

To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
To lessen; to bring low.
To break up or disperse.

Origin

Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dwīnan, equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena/dvína (Danish tvine, Dutch verdwijnen.

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