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Meanings of
dwindle down
in English
Portuguese
minguar
Catalan
minvar
Spanish
menguar
Back to the meaning
Become smaller or lose substance.
dwindle
dwindle away
Portuguese
minguar
Synonyms
Examples for "
dwindle
"
dwindle
dwindle away
Examples for "
dwindle
"
1
The number of major political-warfare operations in Western Europe began to
dwindle
.
2
Water supplies continue to
dwindle
in the detention centres on the island.
3
However, due to any potential absence or abstinence, that number could
dwindle
.
4
As the gold supply began to
dwindle
,
new methods evolved for recovery.
5
Thus its wealth remained long unrav-ished, though its people began to
dwindle
.
1
The supper is over; the company
dwindle
away
,
into the early dusk.
2
And now the light of the afternoon was beginning to
dwindle
away
.
3
At times the school would
dwindle
away
,
and I would start out.
4
They've witnessed so many self-aware races
dwindle
away
to nothing, or self-destruct.
5
Three things continually
dwindle
away
:
the Dark, the False, the Dead.
Usage of
dwindle down
in English
1
At this point the path seemed to
dwindle
down
to little or nothing.
2
Does the breed
dwindle
down
for want of a gold ring and priest?
3
We
dwindle
down
,
two women almost gone into girls again.
4
First it moves high and glares over us and then it begins to
dwindle
down
.
5
At last the incoming stream began to
dwindle
down
.
6
When, finally, did it
dwindle
down
to the brook which now runs through Wareham town?
7
A flower, on the other hand, may
dwindle
down
to a mere weed by the same change.
8
Well, but when we squeezed the witnesses ever so little, what did those three
dwindle
down
to?
9
I unloaded the British coins from my pocket, feeling the douce atmosphere of Fife
dwindle
down
to a name.
10
Then the hissing noise began to
dwindle
down
to a wheeze, and then it stopped all of a sudden.
11
If I waited a while longer, the fire might
dwindle
down
to nothing and I would have darkness on my side.
12
Holding up his hands he prayed to have his fate reversed and saw the Ghost shrink and
dwindle
down
into a bedpost.)
13
You see, when it comes to action, my broad views
dwindle
down
to detail, and I am only an old man with old-fashioned ideas.
14
Here again, as with the Manus and 10 Prajapatis and the 10 Sephiroths in the Book of Numbers-they
dwindle
down
to seven!
15
The ninety Frenchmen in military array
dwindled
down
into nine French deserters.
16
Some of the companies
dwindled
down
to about half their original number.
Other examples for "dwindle down"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
dwindle
down
dwindle
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
dwindle down
Portuguese
minguar
decrescer
diminuir
Catalan
minvar
Spanish
menguar
Dwindle down
through the time