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DWINDLING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A becoming gradually less

Example:

there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family

Synonyms:

dwindling; dwindling away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("dwindling" is a kind of...):

decrease; drop-off; lessening (a change downward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dwindling"):

fading away (gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength)

Derivation:

dwindle (become smaller or lose substance)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Gradually decreasing until little remains

Synonyms:

dwindling; tapering; tapering off

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

decreasing (becoming less or smaller)

 III. (verb) 

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-ing form of the verb dwindle

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