Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dwindle
Participle: dwindled
Gerund: dwindling
Indicative
Present
| I | dwindle |
| you | dwindle |
| he;she;it | dwindles |
| we | dwindle |
| you | dwindle |
| they | dwindle |
Perfect
| I | have dwindled |
| you | have dwindled |
| he;she;it | has dwindled |
| we | have dwindled |
| you | have dwindled |
| they | have dwindled |
Past
| I | dwindled |
| you | dwindled |
| he;she;it | dwindled |
| we | dwindled |
| you | dwindled |
| they | dwindled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dwindled |
| you | had dwindled |
| he;she;it | had dwindled |
| we | had dwindled |
| you | had dwindled |
| they | had dwindled |
Future
| I | will dwindle |
| you | will dwindle |
| he;she;it | will dwindle |
| we | will dwindle |
| you | will dwindle |
| they | will dwindle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dwindled |
| you | will have dwindled |
| he;she;it | will have dwindled |
| we | will have dwindled |
| you | will have dwindled |
| they | will have dwindled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dwindle |
| you | dwindle |
| he;she;it | dwindle |
| we | dwindle |
| you | dwindle |
| they | dwindle |
Perfect
| I | have dwindled |
| you | have dwindled |
| he;she;it | have dwindled |
| we | have dwindled |
| you | have dwindled |
| they | have dwindled |
Imperfect
| I | dwindled |
| you | dwindled |
| he;she;it | dwindled |
| we | dwindled |
| you | dwindled |
| they | dwindled |
Pluperfect
| I | had dwindled |
| you | had dwindled |
| he;she;it | had dwindled |
| we | had dwindled |
| you | had dwindled |
| they | had dwindled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dwindle |
| you | would dwindle |
| he;she;it | would dwindle |
| we | would dwindle |
| you | would dwindle |
| they | would dwindle |
Perfect
| I | would have dwindled |
| you | would have dwindled |
| he;she;it | would have dwindled |
| we | would have dwindled |
| you | would have dwindled |
| they | would have dwindled |
Imperative
| you | dwindle |
| we | Let's dwindle |
| you | dwindle |
Verbs conjugated like 'dwindle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dwindle'
dindle,
swindle,
windle,
daidle,
dandle,
diddle,
dinnle,
drinkle,
dwine,
kindle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to scatter in different directions
- besprenge, desparple, disgregate, disparkle, disparple, disperple, disperse, distribute, flurr, insperse, instrew, resperse, scatter, sparble, sparkle, sparse, sperse, spread, springe, squander, strew, strinkle, todrive, togo, torat
- decrease
- melt, fade, decay, waste, decline, degenerate, diminish, lessen
Antonyms
- to come together as a group
- break up, disband, disperse, dissolve, assemble
- decrease
- augment, increase, amplify, enlarge
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1596, apparently dim. and freq. of M.E.
dwinen "waste away, fade, vanish," from O.E.
dwinan, from P.Gmc.
*dwinanan (cf. Du.
dwijnen "to vanish").
2. Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. It is equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena, dvína, Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”). See: Middle English '
dwynen', Proto-Germanic '
*dwīnaną', Dutch '
verdwijnen'.
Verbs referencing "dwindle"
Low Saxon verdwienen, Swedish
tvina.
Sample Sentences
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[...] joyous colours, and fluttering by their side the beautiful American banner with its stars and stripes,—the long three thousand miles and more, and, longer still, the six whole months of absence, so dwindled and faded, that the ship had gone out and come home again, and it was broad spring already in the Coburg Dock at Liverpool.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] as hot-house peas at five guineas the quart, resemble in flavour the growth of the dews, and air, and rain of Heaven. But as one o’clock, the hour for going aboard, drew near, this volubility dwindled away by little and little, despite the most persevering efforts to the contrary, until at last, the matter being now quite desperate, we threw off all disguise; openly speculated upon where we [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and flashing in the sunlight; and the tiny ships below the rock from which you gaze, whose distant rigging looks like spiders ’ webs against the light, while casks and barrels on their decks dwindle into toys, and busy mariners become so many puppets; all this, framed by a sunken window in the fortress and looked at from the shadowed room within, forms one of the brightest and most enchanting [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)