wane

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

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