Dictionary Entry
dwindle
dwindle is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.
- 2transitive verb
To make less; to bring low.
- 3transitive verb
To break; to disperse.
- 4noun
The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.
- 5verb
become smaller or lose substance
"Her savings dwindled down"
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