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[Question] Do you know what "to dwindle" means?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by mathias, Jan 14, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I am wondering how many people on DP know the meaning of this word, I just looked it up because I didn't knew it before!? Who of you knows what this means without looking it up ;)? And I'm wondering if non-english speakers (I think non native english speakers is better but I'm not sure) also don't know this word?

    And what would it mean if I said dwindle me?

    Kindest regards and I know it's a weird question :p!
     
    mathias, Jan 14, 2009 IP
  2. EvcRo

    EvcRo Notable Member

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    v., -dled, -dling, -dles.
    To become gradually less until little remains.

    so easy to find out :confused:
     
    EvcRo, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  3. mathias

    mathias Active Member

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    #3
    I know what it means but I was just wondering if it's a word that english speaking people use and understand without looking it up ;)?

    Regards.
     
    mathias, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  4. uglyboy

    uglyboy Peon

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    #4
    lol.. dwindle me???? doesnt make sense.. You could dwindle away, or support for something dwindles..
     
    uglyboy, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  5. sawz

    sawz Prominent Member

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    #5
    i know what it means, and i didn't have to look it up.
    not bragging or nothing but English is my native and only language.
    well, English and bad English. :D
     
    sawz, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  6. mathias

    mathias Active Member

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    I know it's a weird question uglyboy but I was wondering if "dwindle me" could also mean "make me shorter" or "reduce me"? In a sentence: "can you dwindle that description" = "can you make the description shorter"???

    Regards and thank you for all the answers to this strange post ;)!
     
    mathias, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  7. mmurtha

    mmurtha Peon

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    #7
    Hey mathias,

    It has to be used in context for the word "dwindle" to keep its true meaning.

    For instance "Dwindle me" is not a proper content people can use that word in. Now if you said you were in a crowd or something, I can say the crowd dwindled down to one person, Mathias. Or, Mathias's weight is dwindling down to nothing.

    The word dwindle means to make something less than, diminish, become smaller or lose substance ...

    I would think it would be a difficult word to understand if someone's native language is something other than english.
     
    mmurtha, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  8. poison17

    poison17 Member

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    #8
    well.. just searched for this word "dwindle" on wikipedia :D

    "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    You searched for dwindle:

    No article title matches
    No page with that title exists"

    :)
     
    poison17, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  9. mmurtha

    mmurtha Peon

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    Hahaha ... and your point is?

    I didn't have to look up the word or deffinition. :D
     
    mmurtha, Jan 15, 2009 IP
  10. uglyboy

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    #10
    "can you dwindle that description" is grammatically incorrect, I would still understand though.. You can cause something to dwindle, but you can not actually dwindle it...
     
    uglyboy, Jan 15, 2009 IP
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  11. poison17

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    #11
    My point is that even wikipedia doesnt know what it means.

    And I don't know, cause english isn't my primary language. I've tried to look for it in wikipedia and didn't find a definition. That was the point.
     
    poison17, Jan 16, 2009 IP
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    #12
    Def:To die out.

    Usage: The supplies were dwindling.
     
    unlockediphonesite.com, Jan 16, 2009 IP
  13. mmurtha

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    #13
    Ah ... well Wikipedia doesn't list every word in the english language. That's probably why you couldn't find it there.

    I just checked my dictionary, and it is in there though. It's a big hardback. :D
     
    mmurtha, Jan 16, 2009 IP
  14. jeewant_gupta_051275

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    #14
    Dwindle, as in, DWINDLE, is used more often in continuation. "My balance is dwindling by the day". It is an ongoing thing, as we say it in DP terms. SO, "DWINDLE" has less usage as compared to "DWINDLING".
    I knew the meaning BTW.
     
    jeewant_gupta_051275, Jan 16, 2009 IP
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    #15
    i never knew the meaning of this word before...
    but now i learnt it....
    Thanks ...
     
    cupid007, Jan 16, 2009 IP
  16. sawz

    sawz Prominent Member

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    and you were doing fabulous till you got to learnt. :D
     
    sawz, Jan 16, 2009 IP
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    #17
    I think dwindle means to die.
     
    musichangout.com, Jan 16, 2009 IP
  18. mathias

    mathias Active Member

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    #18
    Thank you for all the answers ;)!

    I've used this word to launch this service http://dwindle.me/!

    Kindest regards and thanks again!
     
    mathias, Jan 24, 2009 IP
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    #19
    its like losing something (currency often?) slowly and getting nothing back
     
    pingu2k4, Jan 24, 2009 IP