Dwindle 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 37
/ˈdwɪn.dļ/ (verb)
to become less or smaller in amount or size, reduce, lessen, decrease, fade, decline, vanish, diminish, drop, subside, fall off, shrink, plummet, disappear
Earth’s water supply is dwindling as ‘drought-like conditions become the new normal’
Climate change is producing more rain, but the world’s water supply is shrinking – and now scientists know why.
Scientists have warned that global warming is drying out the planet’s soil, which could create a world where “drought-like conditions become the new normal.”
Source: https://nypost.com/
Antonym: increase
Adjective: dwindling
