"dwindles" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: the dwindles [canonical, plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=the dwindles}} the dwindles pl (plural only)
  1. (colloquial) Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people. Tags: colloquial, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-dwindles-en-noun-YQ-dELlr

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} dwindles
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dwindle Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: dwindle
    Sense id: en-dwindles-en-verb-wv5kay~2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 27 73

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