Dwindle

Verb

 * 1)  To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size
 * 2) * 1802, Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace, translated by T. Paynell,
 * [E]very thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing,
 * 1)  to fall away in quality; degenerate, sink
 * The flattery of his friends began to dwindle into simple approbation. (Goldsmith, Vicar, III)
 * 1) * 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
 * The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.

Adverbs for Dwindle
amazingly; alarmingly; partially; insensibly; rapidly; markedly; obviously; scarcely; abruptly; logically; tragically; fatally.

Thesaurus
abate, ablate, attenuate, bate, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, calm, calm down, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, close, condense, consume, consume away, contract, corrode, crumble, decline, decrease, deliquesce, dematerialize, depart, die, die away, die down, die out, diminish, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do a fade-out, drift away, droop, drop, drop off, ebb, erode, evanesce, evaporate, exit, extenuate, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, fall short, flag, flee, fly, go, go away, halt, hide, languish, leave no trace, leave the scene, lessen, let up, lose strength, lull, melt, melt away, moderate, molder, move away, move off, pacify, pass, pass away, pass out, peak, perish, peter out, pine, plummet, plunge, pull away, quiesce, quiet, quieten, recede, reduce, retire, retire from sight, retreat, retrocede, run down, run low, sag, shrink, shrivel up, sink, sink away, soothe, stand off, stop, subside, suffer an eclipse, tail off, taper, taper off, thin, tranquilize, vanish, vanish from sight, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, widen the distance, wilt, withdraw, wither, wither away

Etymology
Diminutive form of dwine:, from dwinan:, akin to Old Norse dvena: /dvína:  (Danish tvine: ).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: смалявам се, свивам се
 * Czech:, se
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , s',  se tarir,  se dessécher,  ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: diminuir, decrescer
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, agotarse,  ,