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dwindle
(encz) | dwindle,klesat v: PetrV |
dwindle
(encz) | dwindle,mizet v: PetrV |
dwindle
(encz) | dwindle,scvrkávat se v: PetrV |
dwindle
(encz) | dwindle,ubývat v: Zdeněk Brož |
dwindle
(encz) | dwindle,ztrácet se Zdeněk Brož |
Dwindle
(gcide) | Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[imac]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[imac]na 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.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
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Weary sennights nine times nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. --Shak.
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Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. --Swift.
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Dwindle
(gcide) | Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. t.
1. To make less; to bring low.
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Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
--Thomson.
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2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon.
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Dwindle
(gcide) | Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, n.
The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
[R.] --Johnson.
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dwindle
(wn) | dwindle
v 1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled
down" [syn: dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down] |
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dwindle away
(encz) | dwindle away,rozplynout se Zdeněk Brož |
dwindle down
(encz) | dwindle down, v: |
dwindled
(encz) | dwindled,ubýval v: Zdeněk Broždwindled,upadal v: Zdeněk Brož |
Dwindle
(gcide) | Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[imac]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[imac]na 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.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
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Weary sennights nine times nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. --Shak.
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Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. t.
1. To make less; to bring low.
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Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught.
--Thomson.
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2. To break; to disperse. [R.] --Clarendon.
[1913 Webster]Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, n.
The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
[R.] --Johnson.
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Dwindled
(gcide) | Dwindle \Dwin"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Dwindling.] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away,
AS. dw[imac]nan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish,
Icel. dv[imac]na 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.]
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume
away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
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Weary sennights nine times nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. --Shak.
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Religious societies, though begun with excellent
intentions,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. --Swift.
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Dwindlement
(gcide) | Dwindlement \Dwin"dle*ment\, n.
The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [R.] --Mrs.
Oliphant.
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dwindle away
(wn) | dwindle away
v 1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled
down" [syn: dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down] |
dwindle down
(wn) | dwindle down
v 1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled
down" [syn: dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down] |
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