Wane

Word WANE
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Hyphenation wane
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Definitions and meanings of "Wane"

What do we mean by wane?

To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity. intransitive verb

To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new. intransitive verb

To approach an end. intransitive verb

The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing. noun

A time or phase of gradual decrease. noun

The period of the decrease of the moon's illuminated visible surface. noun

A defective edge of a board caused by remaining bark or a beveled end. noun

(on the wane) In a period of decline or decrease. idiom

To decrease; be diminished: applied particularly to the periodical lessening of the illuminated part of the moon: opposed to wax.

To decline; fail; sink; approach an end.

To cause to decrease: lessen.

Wanting; lack ing; deficient.

Periodic decrease of the illuminated part of the moon; period of decreasing illumination. noun

Decline; failure; declension. noun

A beveled edge of a board or plank as sawn from an unsquared log, the bevel being caused by curvature of the log. noun

Same as wone. noun

To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. intransitive verb

To decline; to fail; to sink. intransitive verb

To cause to decrease. transitive verb

A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

The end of a period.

A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Wane

The word "wane" in example sentences

Sweaty semi-naked yobs with southern cross tatts, flag capes and gang mentality: bigger prob, but hopefully on the wane from a couple of years ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Almost as unsettling as Paul Kennedy's thesis that American power is on the wane is his failure to point out that the Keynesian spending policies and socialist priorities of the "rather wonderful, charismatic and highly intelligent" fellow who just became President will almost certainly hasten any decline. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On the wane are the heavy borrowing and complex securities that financiers embraced in recent years. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Shvat Affective Disorder is on the wane, which is good. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And that the lobby can find a resurgence at a time when crime rates in the largest cities are spectacularly on the wane is another American paradox. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The latest data to suggest the recession may be on the wane was the April payrolls report, which showed fewer jobs were lost last month than in March. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sad to kind of wane away as it did the last few years … ❋ Unknown (2007)

There is no evidence that E.D. Texas has, or ever will, "wane" without Congressional action. ❋ Peter Zura (2008)

Now, we are expecting a few hours from now those winds to kind of wane off a little bit but we are expecting them to be picking back up for tomorrow. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrats had seen their green leadership "wane" at some points in the past year, said the report. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even the Liberal Democrats, traditionally strong on the environment, have seen their lead on green issues "wane" at points during the year. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"wane" in student political enthusiasm on American college campuses this off-year cycle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, if the broader appeal of conservative sexual morality emblazoned on the evangelical banner continues to wane as it is likely to do because of generational succession, the evangelical movement may face a dilemma familiar to American evangelicals a century ago, a dilemma encapsulated in the differences between fundamentalism and neo-evangelicalism over how much to accommodate religious views to modernity. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

As their sexual potency and desire wane with age, it becomes more essential to them to engage in sexual expression to show that they are still in the competition. ❋ Robin Lakoff (2011)

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