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dwindling en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. declining; growing less
    • The first of the boys trapped in a Thai cave were rescued earlier today, and the mission has been temporarily suspended while teams restock supplies. But rescuers have a dwindling window of opportunity, with forecasters predicting the return of heavy monsoon rains in the coming days, effectively sealing off the cave until October. 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com, CNN, retrieved 08 Jul 2018:
    • Yes, I am aware of the dwindling suppy situation. The supplies meant for the Resistance had to be diverted at the last moment, so we never received them. 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Reply Message: "Low Supplies?":
    • There is dwindling support for New Labour.

Forms

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most dwindling Degree=Sup lexicographic
more dwindling Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

undwindling · dwindlingly

Translations (10)

fi vähenevä (that is declining) · nl verminderend (that is declining) · fr diminuant (that is declining) · it calo (that is declining) · hu csökkenő (that is declining) · pt declínio (that is declining) · hu visszaeső (that is declining) · it diminuzione (that is declining) · fr déclinant (that is declining) · nl vervallend (that is declining)

dwindling en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A gradual reduction to nothing.

Forms

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dwindlings Number=Plur lexicographic

dwindling en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of dwindle
    form of dwindle