dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dwi_MW.json

{
  "dwindle":{
    "antonyms":[
      "aggrandize",
      "amplify",
      "augment",
      "boost",
      "enlarge",
      "escalate",
      "expand",
      "increase",
      "raise"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to become steadily less : shrink":[
        "Their savings dwindled to nothing.",
        "a dwindling population"
      ],
      ": to make steadily less":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Our energy dwindled as the meeting dragged on.",
      "The town's population is dwindling away.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is no way to predict whether the flu outbreaks will dwindle or grow worse. \u2014 New York Times , 17 June 2022",
      "Even though spending remains robust, and most economists don't expect a recession this year, the market sell-off has soured the overall mood as the value of trading portfolios and retirement accounts dwindle . \u2014 Julia Horowitz, CNN , 10 June 2022",
      "As years go by, narrative after narrative evades me; the possible storylines and adventures dwindle , and little gasps of optimism deflate, and deflate, and deflate. \u2014 Morgan Parker, ELLE , 4 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s because the payouts depend on lending revenue, which can dwindle during bear markets. \u2014 Omkar Godbole, Forbes , 27 May 2022",
      "Now some of those leaders, desperate for energy as Russian flows dwindle , are turning to African nations with burgeoning reserves of oil and natural gas. \u2014 Evan Halper, Washington Post , 13 May 2022",
      "Some people are able to tap into their savings now to cover higher costs but savings will dwindle at some point. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
      "Meanwhile, mortgage applications continued to dwindle last week, driving down demand to its lowest level in 22 years. \u2014 Kathy Orton, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
      "In November, 2019, with player numbers continuing to dwindle , Matignon disbanded its once powerful boys\u2019 hockey program. \u2014 Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com , 7 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1596, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably frequentative of dwine to waste away, from Middle English, from Old English dw\u012bnan ; akin to Old Norse dv\u012bna to pine away, deyja to die \u2014 more at die":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dwin-d\u0259l",
      "\u02c8dwin-d\u1d4al"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for dwindle decrease , lessen , diminish , reduce , abate , dwindle mean to grow or make less. decrease suggests a progressive decline in size, amount, numbers, or intensity. slowly decreased the amount of pressure lessen suggests a decline in amount rather than in number. has been unable to lessen her debt diminish emphasizes a perceptible loss and implies its subtraction from a total. his visual acuity has diminished reduce implies a bringing down or lowering. you must reduce your caloric intake abate implies a reducing of something excessive or oppressive in force or amount. the storm abated dwindle implies progressive lessening and is applied to things growing visibly smaller. their provisions dwindled slowly",
    "synonyms":[
      "abate",
      "de-escalate",
      "decrease",
      "dent",
      "deplete",
      "diminish",
      "downscale",
      "downsize",
      "drop",
      "ease",
      "knock down",
      "lessen",
      "lower",
      "reduce"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023241",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "DWI":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation",
      "abbreviation or noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the crime of driving a vehicle while intoxicated : dui":[
        "was arrested for DWI",
        "a DWI charge/case"
      ],
      ": an arrest or conviction for driving while intoxicated":[
        "Brian's license had been revoked and his new job threatened after a third DWI .",
        "\u2014 Lee Durkee"
      ],
      ": a person who is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence":[
        "a convicted DWI"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02ccd\u0259-b\u0259l-(\u02cc)y\u00fc-\u02c8\u012b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "d riving w hile i ntoxicated":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125321"
  },
  "Dwiggins":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "William Addison 1880\u20131956 American type designer":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dwi-g\u0259nz"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-154255"
  },
  "Dwight":{
    "type":[
      "biographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "Timothy 1752\u20131817 American clergyman; president Yale University (1795\u20131817)":[],
      "Timothy 1828\u20131916 grandson of Timothy Dwight American clergyman; president Yale University (1886\u201399)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dw\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-162306"
  },
  "Dwight-Lloyd":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": relating to a process for roasting and sintering fine ores whereby the ore is ignited in a thin layer on a traveling grate which passes over a suction box":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8dw\u012bt\u00a6l\u022fid"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "after A.S. Dwight \u20201946 and R.L. Lloyd , born 1870 American mining engineers":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200514"
  }
}