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Definition: Dwindling |
DwindlingAdjective1. Gradually decreasing until little remains. Noun1. A becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dwindling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: DwindlingSynonyms: tapering (adj), tapering off (adj), dwindling away (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dwindling |
| English words defined with "dwindling": Dwindlement, dwindling away. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "dwindling": languages of choice. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "dwindling": Dwindle, Dwindlement. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The firelight fell on the grouped people, showing their faces and their eyes, dwindling on their dark clothes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Nerve cells can use levodopa to make dopamine and replenish the brain's dwindling supply. (references) | |
Business | In 1998, PC makers suffered seriously from dwindling domestic demand and dramatic price increases in PCs due to the steep depreciation of the won against the U.S. dollar and rising costs for imported parts and materials. (references) | |
In 1997, when the Asian Economic Crisis hit, they were left with shrinking advertising budgets and a dwindling client list. A majority of the agencies have stayed for the long-term and have managed to survive the worst of the crisis. (references) | ||
Economic History | Australia | Many local "box selling" companies, faced with dwindling margins in the sales area, have been forced to incorporate value-added services into their range of solutions. (references) |
India | However, with dwindling supplies and increasing restrictions on domestic timber cutting, more liberal import parameters could result in rising imports of wood products in coming years. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | Anecdotal evidence (a reduction in the number of complaints from the dwindling number of foreign investors still in Uzbekistan) suggests this decree has reined in overuse of inspection. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Our concern and interest, compassion and vigilance, extend to every corner of a dwindling planet. |
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| "Dwindling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 59.84% of the time. "Dwindling" is used about 122 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 59.84% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 33.61% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.92% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.64% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 122 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "dwindling": dwindling away. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "dwindling": admittedly-dwindling, ever-dwindling, fast-dwindling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dwindling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Arabic | تناقص (decrease, diminishing, run short, wane). (various references) | ||||||||||
Chinese | 减少 (cutback, Decreased, Decreasing, Diminish, Diminished, Diminishing, Diminution, Dwindle, Dwindled, Mio, reduce, reduced, reducing, reduction, rundown, Wane, Waned, Waning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Czech | ztenèující se, ubývající. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | déclinant. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | schwund (atrophy, decline, decrease, depletion, fading, loss, shrinkage, ullage, wastage, waste), schwindend (evanescent, swooning, waning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | φθίνων (descending). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | sorvadó (mouldering), fogyó (diminishing, expendable, waning), csökkenő (descending, regressive, waning). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | indlingdway stafidit (shrivelled, shrunken), pipernicit (stunted). (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Dwindling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: didling, dwinding, dwingling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dwindling" (pronounced dwi"nduling or dwi"ndling) |
| 6 | -n d u l i ng | bundling, fondling. |
| 5 | -d u l i ng | backpedaling, coddling, cradling, huddling, hurdling, idling, meddling, middling, modeling, muddling, paddling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, remodeling, saddling, yodeling. |
| 4 | -u l i ng | ambling, assembling, babbling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, bicycling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bubbling, bugling, bumbling, bungling, bustling, cackling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, circling, commingling, counseling, crippling, crumbling, cycling, dabbling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, doubling, dribbling, drizzling, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fumbling, funneling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, groveling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, hobbling, humbling, hustling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, labeling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, mingling, mislabeling, mottling, mumbling, muscling, nibbling, paneling, parceling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quibbling, raveling, recycling, redoubling, refueling, resembling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, rumbling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, squabbling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, stumbling, swiveling, tabling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, trembling, tripling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, warbling, wiggling, wobbling, wrangling, wrinkling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling. |
| 7 | -w i" n d l i ng | swindling. |
| 6 | -i" n d l i ng | kindling, Pindling, rekindling. |
| 5 | -n d l i ng | foundling, groundling, handling, mishandling, panhandling, unbundling. |
| 4 | -d l i ng | cuddling, dawdling, fiddling, needling, Sandling, seedling, straddling, toddling, twiddling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, sibling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trembling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-g-i-i-l-n-n-w" | |
-1 letter: dindling, widdling, windling. | |
-2 letters: dwining, lidding, wilding, winding. | |
-3 letters: dining, idling, indign, inwind, lignin, lining, niding, wiling, wining. | |
-4 letters: linin. | |
-5 letters: ding, gild, ling, linn, nidi, wild, wind, wing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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