| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DWINDLE | Diminish gradually | |
| DECREASE | To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means. | |
| FINE | To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. | |
| WASTE | To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. | |
| WEAR | To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend. | |
| THIN | To grow or become thin; -- used with some adverbs, as out, away, etc.; as, geological strata thin out, i. e., gradually diminish in thickness until they disappear. | |
| CORRODE | To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. | |