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# dwindle

«dwindle» in Mova's school dictionary: **To become smaller, fewer or weaker little by little until…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (dwindle, dwindles, dwindled, dwindling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To become smaller, fewer or weaker little by little until there is very little left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#m1)

2) dwindling (adjective): getting smaller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science, dwindling numbers of animals, water or forests show a problem; in maths stories, supplies dwindle as they are used; in stories, hope or light dwindles; phrases: «dwindling numbers», «dwindle away», «dwindling supplies».

### examples

- Our supply of biscuits dwindled during the camping trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#x1)
- The number of tigers in the wild has dwindled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#x2)
- The crowd dwindled as it got dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#x3)
- Their hope dwindled as the hours passed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#x4)
- Our savings dwindled after the holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#x5)
- The river dwindled to a tiny stream in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Similar: shrink, decrease, fade. Opposite: grow, increase. In maths: if 20 sweets dwindle by 3 each day, after 5 days 5 are left.

### In the corpora

- [And thine enemies shall dwindle away before thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.967/)
- [The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.704/)
- [As soon as they hear of me, they obey me; the sons of the stranger dwindle away before me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.256/)
- [Through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies dwindle away before Thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1062/)
- [The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; and their punishment should endure for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1453/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dwindle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dwindle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.