wane
- Noun. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- Noun. The lunar phase during which diminishes the sunlight-illuminated area of the moon's surface visible from Earth.
- Noun. (literary) The end of a period.
- Noun. (context, woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
- Verb. (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- Verb. (intransitive) Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
- Verb. (intransitive, astronomy) Said of the Moon as its through the phases of its monthly cycle during which its visible surface is progressively decrease.
- Verb. (intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
- Verb. (intransitive, archaic) To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to decrease.
- Noun. (Scotland, slang) A child.
- Noun. (chiefly, Northern England) A house or dwelling.
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