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"word": "fall dwindle disease"
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"t": "to waste away"
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"etymology_text": "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”).",
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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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"(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity."
],
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"word": "peter out"
},
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"tags": [
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"word": "spin down"
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{
"word": "trail off"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smaljavam se",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "смалявам се"
},
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"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "svivam se",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "свивам се"
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"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
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"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "minvar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "縮小"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "suōxiǎo",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "缩小"
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"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "減少"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnshǎo",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "减少"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "ubývat"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "zmenšovat se"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "verdwijnen"
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"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "smelten"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "krimpen"
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{
"_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"
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{
"_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"
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{
"_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"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "décroître"
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"_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"
},
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"_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"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "ileva",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "ილევა"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "gamoileva",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "გამოილევა"
},
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"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "schwinden"
},
{
"_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"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "csökken"
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{
"_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"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "kevesbedik"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "kisebbedik"
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{
"_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"
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{
"_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",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umenʹšátʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уменьша́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uménʹšitʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уме́ньшиться"
},
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"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сокраща́ться"
},
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"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokratítʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сократи́ться"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "crìon"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "сви̏снути"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "svȉsnuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "disminuir"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "agotarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "desaparecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "menguar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "minska"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "krympa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "förtvina"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zmenšuvatysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "зменшуватися"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skoročuvatysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "скорочуватися"
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{
"_dis1": "69 12 15 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ubuvaty",
"sense": "(intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish",
"word": "убувати"
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{
"ref": "1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress",
"text": "The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)",
"text": "[I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.",
"type": "quotation"
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"To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink."
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"(intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink."
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"To lessen; to bring low."
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"(transitive) To lessen; to bring low."
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"To break up or disperse."
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"word": "dwindlement"
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{
"word": "fall dwindle disease"
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},
"expansion": "dvína",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "verdwijnen",
"t": "to disappear, dwindle"
},
"expansion": "Dutch verdwijnen (“to disappear, dwindle”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "dwindles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "dwindling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "dwindled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "dwindled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "dwindle (third-person singular simple present dwindles, present participle dwindling, simple past and past participle dwindled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1802, T. Paynell (translator), Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace\n[E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, […]"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity."
],
"links": [
[
"decrease",
"decrease"
],
[
"shrink",
"shrink"
],
[
"diminish",
"diminish"
],
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "peter out"
},
{
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "spin down"
},
{
"word": "trail off"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress",
"text": "The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)",
"text": "[I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink."
],
"links": [
[
"fall away",
"fall away"
],
[
"degenerate",
"degenerate"
],
[
"sink",
"sink"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, figuratively) To fall away in quality; degenerate, sink."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To lessen; to bring low."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To lessen; to bring low."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To break up or disperse."
],
"links": [
[
"break up",
"break up"
],
[
"disperse",
"disperse"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdwɪn.dəl/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪndəl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-dwindle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-dwindle.ogg/En-us-dwindle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/En-us-dwindle.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-dwindle.ogg",
"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",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"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": "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": "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"
}
],
"word": "dwindle"
}
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