dwindling
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]dwindling
- present participle and gerund of dwindle
Adjective
[edit]dwindling (comparative more dwindling, superlative most dwindling)
- 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
[edit]Translations
[edit]that is declining
Noun
[edit]dwindling (plural dwindlings)