Dwindle (5)
'dwindle' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for erode that I've seen before include "go to pieces!" , "Abrade" , "Eat away" , "fragment" , "Gradually destroy" .)
'dwindle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for peter that I've seen before include "Fellow < safe" , "Leader of the Apostles" , "- Grimes (Britten)" , "Some rob ..... to pay Paul" , "Leading apostle" .)
'dwindle' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for abate that I've seen before include "Subside like storm" , "Decline" , "Lessen - cease" , "Ease off" , "retreat" .)
'dwindle' is the definition.
(I know that dwindle is a more specific form of diminish)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for diminish that I've seen before include "Decrease, lessen" , "Make smaller or less" , "Make reduction" , "Diet" , "Drop" .)
'dwindle' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for peter out that I've seen before include "Diminish feebly" , "Dwindle away to nothing" , "'Run down, taper off (5,3)'" , "End gradually" , "True poet (anag) - come to nothing" .)