DWINDLES

Verb

dwindles

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle

Noun

the dwindles pl (plural only)

(colloquial) Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people.

Anagrams

• swindled, windsled

Source: Wiktionary

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DWINDLE

Dwin"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dwindling.] Etym: [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dwinan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dvina to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is added to the root with a diminutive force.]

Definition: To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away. Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. Shak. Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift.

Dwin"dle, v. t.

1. To make less; to bring low. Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. Thomson.

2. To break; to disperse. [R.] Clarendon.

Dwin"dle, n.

Definition: The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [R.] Johnson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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