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DWINDLING AWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dwindling away mean? 

DWINDLING AWAY (noun)
  The noun DWINDLING AWAY has 1 sense:

1. a becoming gradually lessplay

  Familiarity information: DWINDLING AWAY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DWINDLING AWAY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A becoming gradually less

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

dwindling; dwindling away

Context example:

there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family

Hypernyms ("dwindling away" is a kind of...):

decrease; drop-off; lessening (a change downward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dwindling away"):

fading away (gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength)


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