dwindle

Significado (Inglés)

1. (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.
3. (transitive) To lessen; to bring low.
4. To break up or disperse.

Sinónimos

decrease

diminish

shrink

lessen

wane

decline

waste

abate

waste away

subside

reduce

weaken

degenerate

contract

decay

drop

dwindle away

fall off

recede

worsen

grow less

dwindle down

fade away

fail

fall

bate

go down

droop

lessened

loll

melt

moderate

narrow

pine

grow dry

die down

reduced

run out

run short

die

💀

sink

deteriorate

taper

thin

thin out

descend

depleted

decompose

wilt

wither

Traducións

menguar

schwinden

diminuer

diminuire

diminuir

abnehmen

disminuir

μικραίνω

mermar

amenuiser

disparaître

fondre

svanire

eiminuer

zurückgehen

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈdwɪn.dəl/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a Old Norse: dvena

Relativo a neerlandés: verdwijnen

In summary

Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. It is equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena, dvína, Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”).