dwine

/dwaɪn/

dwine verb: to wither, decline, pine away.

Verb

dwine (third-person singular simple present dwines, present participle dwining, simple past and past participle dwined)

(archaic outside Scotland and dialects) To wither, decline, pine away.
- Without visible mark or sign she was elf-shot; and the proof of this appeared from her going off her milk, dwining away, and dying before her calves could be counted on the hooves of one foot.1897 August 5, The Morning Bulletin, Rockhampton, Qld, page 4, column 5

Noun

dwine (countable and uncountable, plural not attested)

(no plural, rare) Decline, wane.
- Old Mrs. Jennery, of Springholm, never had a daughter of her own, neither had her son, the father of the twin lads whom he left to his mother's care when he died of the dwine, as the country-folk called it.1896, The Sunday at Home, volume 43, page 750
- They stopped only when they came to the first deep pools gleaming with oily reflections in the dwine of the daylight.2009, Sheri S. Tepper, Grass, page 327
Synonyms:

dwindling, dwining

dwine meaning in Bengali

dwine in Bengali

শুকিয়ে যাওয়া, কমে যাওয়া, ক্ষীণ হয়ে যাওয়া, পতন, হ্রাস পাওয়া

Synonyms of dwine

Forms of dwine

third-person singular present	dwines
present participle	dwining
past participle	dwined
past	dwined

Origin of dwine

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.

Words that rhyme with dwine

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Questions about dwine

What does dwine mean?: Dwine means to wither, decline, pine away.
What is dwine in Bengali?: Dwine in Bengali is শুকিয়ে যাওয়া, কমে যাওয়া, ক্ষীণ হয়ে যাওয়া. See Dwine meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dwine?: Dwine can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce dwine?: Dwine is pronounced /dwaɪn/.
What is the past tense of dwine?: The past tense of dwine is dwined.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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