dwindling

English

Verb

dwindling

1. present participle and gerund of dwindle

Adjective

dwindling (comparative more dwindling, superlative most dwindling)

1. declining; growing less

   There is dwindling support for New Labour.

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Reply Message: "Low Supplies?":

     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.

   • 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com‎^[1], CNN, retrieved 2018-07-08:

     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.

Derived terms

• undwindling

 

Translations

that is declining

• Dutch: vervallend (nl), verminderend (nl)
• Finnish: vähenevä
• French: déclinant (fr), diminuant (fr)
• Hungarian: csökkenő (hu), visszaeső (hu)
• Italian: diminuzione (it) f, calo (it) m
• Portuguese: declínio (pt)

Noun

dwindling (plural dwindlings)

1. A gradual reduction to nothing.