Definitions for dwindle

dwindle dwin·dle

Spelling: [dwin-dl]
IPA: /ˈdwɪn dl/

Dwindle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in dwindle (ddeilnw).

Definitions for dwindle

verb (used with object)

  1. to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink:

verb (used without object)

  1. to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away:
  2. to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.

Origin of dwindle

1590-1600; dwine (now dial.) to waste away (Middle English; Old English dwīnan; cognate with Middle Dutch dwīnen to languish, Old Norse dvīna to pine away) + -le

Examples for dwindle

Was that not less dishonourable than to bid him remain and dwindle as she looked at him?

"Please, dwindle," Jones moaned, pressing his palms to his eyes.

"Maybe he just wants clarification on a question," dwindle said.

Voegeli charges that Geoffrey Kabaservice and I propose only that Republicans dwindle into Democrats-lite.

If the money starts to dwindle, then Snyder will do something.

dwindle, sitting on his left, suddenly punched him vigorously in the ribs.

"Over all, ninety-six per cent for Mr. Smith," dwindle said for the fourth time.

This comes a day after the possibility of a potential third-party run by Lisa Murkowski began to dwindle.

While public interest in Ebola continues to dwindle, the epidemic itself continues to soar.

Somehow her parts seemed always to dwindle this way in retrospect.

Word Value for dwindle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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