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dwindled

/ˈdwɪndəld/

dwindleverb

dwindled

Past Simple

dwindled

Past Simple

dwindled

Past Participle

dwindling

ing-form

/ˈdwɪndəl/

Translations

diminuerEmploi intransitif.

The crowd began to dwindle as the concert came to an end.

La foule a commencé à diminuer à mesure que le concert touchait à sa fin.

Additional translations

réduireEmploi transitif, rare ou littéraire.

Definitions

To become gradually less or smaller over time.

The crowd began to dwindle as the concert came to an end.

To cause (something) to become gradually smaller or less; to reduce (often rare or archaic).

Decades of neglect had dwindled the old mansion to a crumbling shell.

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