dwindle

suomi-englanti sanakirja

dwindle englannista suomeksi

  1. huveta, vähetä

  1. Verbi

  2. vähetä, huveta, haipua

dwindle englanniksi

  1. To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.

  2. (synonyms)

  3. 1802, T. Paynell (translator), (w), Complaint of Peace|The Complaint of Peace

  4. Every thing that was improving gradually degenerates and dwindles away to nothing, (..)
  5. To away in quality; degenerate, sink.

  6. (RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth)

  7. (RQ:Swift Advancement of Religion)

  8. (RQ:Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield)

  9. {{quote-text|en|year=1919|author=Boris Sidis|title=s:The Source and Aim of Human Progress

  10. (quote-journal) (Gardening)|date=26 September 2014|passage=Infected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place. Such bulbs tend to dwindle away instead of fattening up and producing offsets.

  11. To lessen; to bring low.

  12. (RQ:Thomson Spring)

  13. To up or disperse.

  14. (RQ:Clarendon History)