About The Word Wane
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Wane
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What's The Definition Of Wane?
[n] a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
[v] grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [v] decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" [v] become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned" Synonyms | Synonyms for Wane: decline | ebb | ebbing | go down Related Terms | Find terms related to Wane: See Also | decline | decrease | diminish | diminution | dip | drop | fall | lessen | wear on Wane In Webster's Dictionary \Wane\, n. (Forestry)
The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board
sawed from a log.
\Wane\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan-, G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana-, lacking, wan?n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans; cf. Gr. ? bereaved, Skr. ?na wanting, inferior. ????. Cf. {Want} lack, and {Wanton}.] 1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with {wax}, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane. Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison. 2. To decline; to fail; to sink. You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden. Land and trade ever will wax and wane together. --Sir J. Child. \Wane\, v. t. To cause to decrease. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. \Wane\, n. 1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator. 2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. An age in which the church is in its wane. --South. Though the year be on the wane. --Keble. 3. An inequality in a board. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. |
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