What part of speech is dwindle?

Dwindle can be categorized as a verb.

Parts of speech

1. dwindle is a verb, present, 1st person singular of dwindle (infinitive).
2. dwindle is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) dwindle

dwindle / dwindles

dwindled

dwindled

dwindling

Infinitive: (to) dwindle
Present: dwindle / dwindles
Simple Past: dwindled
Past Participle: (have) dwindled
Gerund: dwindling

What does dwindle mean?

Definitions

Verb
dwindle - become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
Noun
dwindle - The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

Examples of dwindle

#		Sentence
1.	verb	We've made great inroads into solving the problem, but our resources dwindle and the end is not in sight.

Sentence
verb
We've made great inroads into solving the problem, but our resources dwindle and the end is not in sight.

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