dwindle

🇺🇸 /ˈdwɪndl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdwɪndl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000
verb
R

to slowly become less or smaller

The amount of food left started to dwindle as the days went by.

translation

v. to slowly become less or smaller

Word Forms

3rd Present dwindles
Past dwindled
Perfect dwindled
Progressive dwindling

Synonyms

deplete v. 耗尽 vanish vi. 突然完全消失, 不再存在 diminish v. 减弱, 贬低 shrink v. 缩水, 缩小, 退缩 decrease v. 减少 decline v. 减少, 婉拒, 词形变化 reduce v. 减少, 浓缩, 减肥, 还原 fall vi. 下落, 摔倒, 减少, 进入, 垂下, 倾斜, 沦陷, 阵亡, 降临, 发生, 位于, 归类 subside vi. 逐渐减弱, 回落, 下沉

Antonyms

augment v. 增大 escalate v. 升级, 上报 intensify v. 加强 accumulate v. 积累 amplify v. 放大, 详细说明 enlarge v. 放大, 放大（照片或文件） expand v. 扩大, 扩张, 详述 raise v. 举起, 扶起, 提高, 筹集资金, 提出话题, 引起, 引发, 抚养, 种植, 解除限制, 呼叫, 复活, 加注, 求幂, 建造, 创建文件 rise vi. 上升, 增加, 升起, 崛起, 站起, 散会, 提高音量, 风力增强, 变强, 脸红, 直立, 反抗, 高出, 向上倾斜, 开始流动, 变大, 复活 grow v. 变大, 长大, 生长, 变长, 逐渐产生, 逐渐开始, 进步, 发展 boost v. 促进, 偷窃 increase v. 增加 build v. 建造, 创建, 增强

Similar Words

swindle v. 欺骗 dandle v. 逗弄 diddle v. 欺骗, 虚度, 摆弄