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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdwɪn.dəl/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-dwindle.ogg , en-au-dwindle.ogg Forms: dwindles [present, singular, third-person], dwindling [participle, present], dwindled [participle, past], dwindled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪndəl Etymology: Frequentative form of dwine, from Middle English dwinen, from Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), itself from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną. It is equivalent to dwine + -le, akin to Old Norse dvena, dvína, Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|dwinen}} Middle English dwinen, {{der|en|ang|dwīnan|t=to waste away}} Old English dwīnan (“to waste away”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*dwīnaną}} Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, {{af|en|dwine|-le|id2=verbal frequentative}} dwine + -le, {{cog|non|dvena}} Old Norse dvena, {{cog|nl|verdwijnen|t=to disappear, dwindle}} Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dwindle (third-person singular simple present dwindles, present participle dwindling, simple past and past participle dwindled)
  1. (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: peter out, spin down [figuratively], trail off Translations ((intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish): смалявам се (smaljavam se) (Bulgarian), свивам се (svivam se) (Bulgarian), disminuir (Catalan), afeblir-se (Catalan), minvar (Catalan), 縮小 (Chinese Mandarin), 缩小 (suōxiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 減少 (Chinese Mandarin), 减少 (jiǎnshǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), ubývat (Czech), zmenšovat se (Czech), verdwijnen (Dutch), smelten (Dutch), krimpen (Dutch), vähetä (Finnish), huveta (Finnish), haipua (Finnish), diminuer (French), fondre (French), s'amenuiser (French), se tarir (French), se dessécher (French), disparaître (French), s’évanouir (French), décroître (French), minguar (Galician), diminuír (Galician), reducir (Galician), decrecer (Galician), იკლებს (iḳlebs) (Georgian), დაიკლებს (daiḳlebs) (Georgian), მცირდება (mcirdeba) (Georgian), შემცირდება (šemcirdeba) (Georgian), ილევა (ileva) (Georgian), გამოილევა (gamoileva) (Georgian), schwinden (German), abnehmen (German), fogy (Hungarian), apad (Hungarian), csökken (Hungarian), elenyészik (Hungarian), gyengül (Hungarian), kevesbedik (Hungarian), kisebbedik (Hungarian), megcsappan (Hungarian), sorvad (Hungarian), dvína (Icelandic), diminutar (Ido), restringersi (Italian), diminuire (Italian), 減少する (genshō suru) (alt: げんしょうする) (Japanese), се све́де (se svéde) (Macedonian), се сма́ли (se smáli) (Macedonian), tāharahara (Maori), dwynen (Middle English), áádįįł (Navajo), umniejszać (Polish), diminuir (Portuguese), decrescer (Portuguese), уменьша́ться (umenʹšátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), уме́ньшиться (uménʹšitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), сокраща́ться (sokraščátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сократи́ться (sokratítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), crìon (Scottish Gaelic), сви̏снути [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), svȉsnuti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), disminuir (Spanish), agotarse (Spanish), desaparecer (Spanish), menguar (Spanish), minska (Swedish), krympa (Swedish), förtvina (Swedish), зменшуватися (zmenšuvatysja) (Ukrainian), скорочуватися (skoročuvatysja) (Ukrainian), убувати (ubuvaty) (Ukrainian), suy yếu (Vietnamese), tiêu giảm (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-dwindle-en-verb-4aIc9~vN Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 9 45 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 22 26 28 Disambiguation of '(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish': 69 12 15 4
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-dwindle-en-verb-va~ukGHf Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 22 26 28
  3. (transitive) To lessen; to bring low. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dwindle-en-verb-bqkGuSnJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 10 56 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative): 22 19 46 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 9 45 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 7 61 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 5 66 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 15 42 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 16 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 18 36 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 13 48 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 16 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 30 12 46 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 26 16 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 28 15 36 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 14 49 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 22 26 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 26 16 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 26 8 56 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 10 53 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 10 53 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 24 16 38 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 21 33 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 26 16 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 24 18 46 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 24 10 46 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 16 37 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 24 16 39 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 10 53 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 26 16 40 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 16 39 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 11 55 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 15 41 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 26 16 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 24 16 38 21
  4. To break up or disperse.
    Sense id: en-dwindle-en-verb-ywwhRTmz Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 22 26 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dwindlement, dwindles, dwindling, fall dwindle disease

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dwindlement"
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      "name": "af"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "verdwijnen",
        "t": "to disappear, dwindle"
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        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "dwindled",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        {
          "text": "1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace\n[E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, […]"
        }
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        "To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity."
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          "decrease"
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          "diminish",
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          "reduce"
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        "(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity."
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          "word": "peter out"
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          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
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          "word": "spin down"
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        {
          "word": "trail off"
        }
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          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "smaljavam se",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "смалявам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svivam se",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "свивам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "disminuir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "afeblir-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "minvar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "縮小"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suōxiǎo",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "缩小"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "減少"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "减少"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "ubývat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "zmenšovat se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "verdwijnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "smelten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "krimpen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "vähetä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "huveta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "haipua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "diminuer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "fondre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "s'amenuiser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "se tarir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "se dessécher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "disparaître"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "s’évanouir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "décroître"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "minguar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "diminuír"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "reducir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "decrecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "iḳlebs",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "იკლებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daiḳlebs",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "დაიკლებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mcirdeba",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "მცირდება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šemcirdeba",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "შემცირდება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ileva",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "ილევა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gamoileva",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "გამოილევა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "schwinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "abnehmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "fogy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "apad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "csökken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "elenyészik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "gyengül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "kevesbedik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "kisebbedik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "megcsappan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "sorvad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "dvína"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "diminutar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "restringersi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "diminuire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "alt": "げんしょうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "genshō suru",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "減少する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se svéde",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "се све́де"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se smáli",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "се сма́ли"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "tāharahara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "dwynen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "áádįįł"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "umniejszać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "diminuir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
          "word": "decrescer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
          "code": "ru",
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        "To lessen; to bring low."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To lessen; to bring low."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:",
          "text": "there were only five hundred foot and three hundred horse left with him, for the blocking of Plymouth; the rest were dwindled away",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To break up or disperse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "break up",
          "break up"
        ],
        [
          "disperse",
          "disperse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdwɪn.dəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/En-us-dwindle.ogg"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/17/En-au-dwindle.ogg/En-au-dwindle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/En-au-dwindle.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪndəl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smaljavam se",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "смалявам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svivam se",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "свивам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "disminuir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "afeblir-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "minvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "縮小"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suōxiǎo",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "缩小"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "減少"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "减少"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "ubývat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "zmenšovat se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "verdwijnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "smelten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "krimpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "vähetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "huveta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "haipua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "diminuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "fondre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "s'amenuiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "se tarir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "se dessécher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "disparaître"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "s’évanouir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "décroître"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "minguar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "diminuír"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "reducir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "decrecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "iḳlebs",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "იკლებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daiḳlebs",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "დაიკლებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mcirdeba",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "მცირდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šemcirdeba",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "შემცირდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ileva",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "ილევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gamoileva",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "გამოილევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "schwinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "abnehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "fogy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "apad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "csökken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "elenyészik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "gyengül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "kevesbedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "kisebbedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "megcsappan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "sorvad"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "dvína"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "diminutar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "restringersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "diminuire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんしょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genshō suru",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "減少する"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se svéde",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "се све́де"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se smáli",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "се сма́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "tāharahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "dwynen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "áádįįł"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "umniejszać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "diminuir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "decrescer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уменьша́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уме́ньшиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokraščátʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сокраща́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sokratítʹsja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сократи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "crìon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "сви̏снути"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "svȉsnuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "disminuir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "agotarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "desaparecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "menguar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "minska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "krympa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "förtvina"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zmenšuvatysja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "зменшуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skoročuvatysja",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "скорочуватися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ubuvaty",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "убувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "suy yếu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
      "word": "tiêu giảm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dwindle"
}

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