dwindling

dwindling

English

Verb

dwindling

1. present participle 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 1261299044, 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, 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.

Translations

that is declining

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

Noun

dwindling (plural dwindlings)

1. A gradual reduction to nothing.