intransitive verb. To become gradually less until little remains. synonym: decrease.

intransitive verb. To cause to dwindle.

To diminish; become less; shrink; waste or consume away: with by or from before the cause, and to, in, or into before the effect or result: as, the body dwindles by pining or consumption; an estate dwindles from waste; an object dwindles in size as it recedes from view; from its constant exposure, the regiment dwindled to a skeleton.

To degenerate; sink; fall away in quality.

Synonyms Diminish, etc. (see decrease); attenuate, become attenuated, decline, fall off, fall away.

noun. Gradual decline or decrease; a wasting away; degeneracy; decline.

transitive verb. To make less; to bring low.

transitive verb. To break; to disperse.

intransitive verb. To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

noun. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

verb. To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size.

verb. To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink.

verb. become smaller or lose substance

"Kim, who claimed Olympic gold with world record scores, saw her hopes of defending her world title dwindle as she blamed foot problems for placing over ten points behind US teenager Mirai Nagasu who leads going into Saturday's free skating final."

dwindled  dwindling  

decrease  diminish  fall  lessen  

Tindal  Tindall  Tyndall  bindle  brindle  

abate  ablate  attenuate  bate  be consumed  

dwindled  dwindles  dwindling