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• dwindle — v. (D; intr.) to dwindle (away) to (to dwindle to nothing) * * * [ dwɪndl] (D; intr.) to dwindle (away) to (to dwindle to nothing) …   Combinatory dictionary

• dwindle — UK [ˈdwɪnd(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms dwindle : present tense I/you/we/they dwindle he/she/it dwindles present participle dwindling past tense dwindled past participle dwindled to become gradually less or smaller over a period of… …   English dictionary

• dwindle — dwin|dle [ dwındl ] verb intransitive to become gradually less or smaller over a period of time until almost nothing remains: Resources are dwindling. dwindle to: Water supplies have dwindled to their lowest level in ten years. dwindle away: Her… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dwindle — verb (I) also dwindle away to gradually become less and less or smaller and smaller: The workforce has dwindled since its pre war heyday. | dwindle (away) to nothing/one/two etc: Their supply of food had dwindled to almost nothing. dwindling… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dwindle — verb ADVERB ▪ fast, quickly, rapidly ▪ Supplies of coal are dwindling fast. ▪ gradually, slowly ▪ steadily …   Collocations dictionary

• dwindle — verb /ˈdwɪn.dəl/ a) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, b) to fall away in quality; degenerate, sink …   Wiktionary

• dwindle — [ˈdwɪnd(ə)l] verb [I] to get gradually less or smaller over a period of time until almost nothing remains …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Faellem — The Faellem are a fictional human species from Ian Irvine s arc of novels, The Three Worlds Cycle.CharacteristicsThe Faellem are a small, dour people with translucent skin and golden eyes. They are very long lived and their powers with the Art… …   Wikipedia

• peter — peter1 /pee teuhr/, v.i. peter out 1. to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower. 2. to tire; exhaust (usually used as a past participle): I m petered out after that walk. [1805… …   Universalium

• Vietnamese literature — Introduction       body of literature produced by Vietnamese speaking people, primarily in Vietnam.       Like the river basins that have nourished Vietnam s agricultural civilization for thousands of years, Vietnamese literature has been fed by… …   Universalium

• decrease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Diminution Nouns 1. (decrease in amount) decrease, diminution; lessening, subtraction (see deduction); reduction, abatement; shrinking, contraction, extenuation; cut back, discount. See shortness. 2.… …   English dictionary for students