English Explanatory Dictionary

dwine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To wither, decline, pine away.
noun
  1. Decline, wane.

Pronunciation

/dwaɪn/

Word forms

dwine dwines dwining dwined

Etymology

From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dʰew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush.

Synonyms

dwindling dwining

Related words

dwindle
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