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to dwindle away to nothing

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  • 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 — 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 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

  • pass away — Synonyms and related words: be all over, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be superseded, be wiped out, become extinct, become void, blow over, cash in, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cease …   Moby Thesaurus

  • peter out — Meaning Dwindle away to nothing. Origin The phrase apparently originated in the mining camps of America in the 19th century. The peter was saltpetre …   Meaning and origin of phrases

  • речная вода — — [http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/alphabetic?langcode=en] EN river water Water which flows in a channel from high ground to low ground and ultimately to a lake or the sea, except in a desert area where it may dwindle away to nothing.… …   Справочник технического переводчика

  • 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

  • decrease — [dē krēs′, dikrēs′; ] also, & for n. usually [, dē′krēs΄] vi., vt. decreased, decreasing [ME decresen < OFr decreistre < L decrescere < de , from, away + crescere, grow: see CRESCENT] to become or cause to become less, smaller, etc.;… …   English World dictionary

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