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Meaning of dwine | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

/dwaɪn/

Definitions

To wither, decline, pine away.

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

dwined dwining Dx dx'd dx'ed dx'ing