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dwindles

English

Verb

dwindles

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dwindle

Noun

the dwindles pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial) Various health problems and frailty observed in elderly people.

Anagrams

  • swindled, windsled

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windles

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?w?nd?lz/

Etymology 1

See windle.

Noun

windles

  1. plural of windle

Etymology 2

From slurred pronunciation of windlass.

Noun

windles

  1. A winch, a windlass.
Translations

References

  • Walter William Skeat (1884) An etymological dictionary of the English language.
  • Henry Sweet (1888) A history of English sounds from the earliest period: with full word-lists

Anagrams

  • Swindle, swindle, wildens

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