DWINDLE

[`dwɪndl]

сокращаться, уменьшаться, убывать, истощаться

терять значение; ухудшаться, приходить в упадок; вырождаться

сокращать, уменьшать

dwindle: translation

▪ fast, quickly, rapidly

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Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.

▪ gradually, slowly

▪ steadily

▪ away, down (esp.AmE)

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Membership of the club had dwindled away to nothing.

▪ into

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The group's support dwindled into insignificance.

▪ to

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Profits slowly dwindled to nothing.

Dwindle is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑number, ↑population, ↑reserve, ↑stock, ↑supply

dwindle: translation

abate, ablate, attenuate, bate, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, calm, calm down, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, close, condense, consume, consume away, contract, corrode, crumble, decline, decrease, deliquesce, dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die down, die out, diminish, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do a fade-out, drift away, droop, drop, drop off, ebb, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, extenuate, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, fall short, flag, flee, fly, go, go away, halt, hide, languish, leave no trace, leave the scene, lessen, let up, lose strength, lull, melt, melt away, moderate, molder, move away, move off, pacify, pass, pass away, pass out, peak, perish, peter out, pine, plummet, plunge, pull away, quiesce, quiet, quieten, recede, reduce, retire, retire from sight, retreat, retrocede, run down, run low, sag, shrink, shrivel up, sink, sink away, soothe, stand off, stop, subside, suffer an eclipse, tail off, taper, taper off, thin, tranquilize, vanish, vanish from sight, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, widen the distance, wilt, withdraw, wither, wither away

dwindle: translation

dwindle UK US /ˈdwɪndl/ verb [I]

► to gradually become less, smaller, or lower in level: dwindle from sth to sth »

The municipality's population has dwindled from 40,000 to 24,000.

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dwindling funds/resources/stocks

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Companies are having recruitment difficulties as they battle it out for a dwindling number of skilled staff.

1. 1) сокращаться, уменьшаться; убывать, истощаться (тж. dwindle away)

2) сокращать, уменьшать; вызывать истощение

2. ухудшаться, вырождаться; приходить в упадок, терять значение

dwindle [ˊdwɪndl] v

1) уменьша́ться, сокраща́ться; истоща́ться

2) теря́ть значе́ние; ухудша́ться, приходи́ть в упа́док; вырожда́ться