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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

dwindling

· IPA /dwˈɪndəlɪŋ/
01 adj. gradually decreasing until little remains.
  1. 1.
    gradually decreasing until little remains.
Syn. tapering, tapering off.
02 n. the act or process of becoming gradually less until little remains; as, there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family.
  1. 1.
    the act or process of becoming gradually less until little remains; as, there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family.
Syn. dwindling away.