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Verb: dwindle  dwin-d(u)l
  1. Become smaller or lose substance
    "Her savings dwindled down"; "His savings dwindled away during the long unemployment";
    - dwindle away, dwindle down

Derived forms: dwindled, dwindling, dwindles

Type of: come down, decrease, dent, diminish, fall, go down, lessen, sink

Encyclopedia: Dwindle