wane

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wane

(wān)

intr.v. waned, wan·ing, wanes

1. To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity: Interest in the subject waned.

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

3. To approach an end: The day began to wane.

1. The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing.

a. A time or phase of gradual decrease.

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

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

Idiom:

on the wane

In a period of decline or decrease: "The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane" (James Joyce).

[Middle English wanen, from Old English wanian; see euə- in Indo-European roots.]

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wane

(weɪn)

vb (intr)

1. (Astronomy) (of the moon) to show a gradually decreasing portion of illuminated surface, between full moon and new moon. Compare wax²²

2. to decrease gradually in size, strength, power, etc

3. to draw to a close

4. a decrease, as in size, strength, power, etc

5. (Astronomy) the period during which the moon wanes

6. the act or an instance of drawing to a close

7. (Forestry) a rounded surface or defective edge of a plank, where the bark was

8. on the wane in a state of decline

[Old English wanian (vb); related to wan-, prefix indicating privation, wana defect, Old Norse vana]

ˈwaney, ˈwany adj

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wane

(weɪn)

v. waned, wan•ing,
n. v.i.

1. to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: My joy is waning.

2. to decline in power, importance, etc.: Colonialism began to wane after World War II.

3. to draw to a close: Summer is waning.

4. (of the moon) to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon. Compare wax ² (def. 2) .

5. a gradual decrease or decline.

6. the drawing to a close of life, an era, etc.

7. the waning of the moon.

8. a defect in lumber characterized by bark or insufficient wood at a corner or along an edge.

Idioms:

on the wane, decreasing; diminishing.

[before 900; Old English wanian to lessen, c. Old Saxon wanon, Old High German wanōn, wanēn]

wane

Past participle: waned
Gerund: waning

Imperative
wane
wane

Present
I wane
you wane
he/she/it wanes
we wane
you wane
they wane

Preterite
I waned
you waned
he/she/it waned
we waned
you waned
they waned

Present Continuous
I am waning
you are waning
he/she/it is waning
we are waning
you are waning
they are waning

Present Perfect
I have waned
you have waned
he/she/it has waned
we have waned
you have waned
they have waned

Past Continuous
I was waning
you were waning
he/she/it was waning
we were waning
you were waning
they were waning

Past Perfect
I had waned
you had waned
he/she/it had waned
we had waned
you had waned
they had waned

Future
I will wane
you will wane
he/she/it will wane
we will wane
you will wane
they will wane

Future Perfect
I will have waned
you will have waned
he/she/it will have waned
we will have waned
you will have waned
they will have waned

Future Continuous
I will be waning
you will be waning
he/she/it will be waning
we will be waning
you will be waning
they will be waning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been waning
you have been waning
he/she/it has been waning
we have been waning
you have been waning
they have been waning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been waning
you will have been waning
he/she/it will have been waning
we will have been waning
you will have been waning
they will have been waning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been waning
you had been waning
he/she/it had been waning
we had been waning
you had been waning
they had been waning

Conditional
I would wane
you would wane
he/she/it would wane
we would wane
you would wane
they would wane

Past Conditional
I would have waned
you would have waned
he/she/it would have waned
we would have waned
you would have waned
they would have waned

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Noun	1.	wane - a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) ebb, ebbing decline, diminution - change toward something smaller or lower
Verb	1.	wane - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" go down, decline decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" dip - go down momentarily; "Prices dipped" wear on - pass slowly (of time); "The day wore on" drop - go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"
	2.	wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned" decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" mount, wax, climb, rise - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
	3.	wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" full, wax - increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"

wane

verb

1. decline, flag, weaken, diminish, fall, fail, drop, sink, fade, decrease, dim, dwindle, wither, lessen, subside, ebb, wind down, die out, fade away, abate, draw to a close, atrophy, taper off His interest in her began to wane.
decline rise, increase, grow, develop, improve, expand, strengthen, blossom, brighten

2. diminish, decrease, dwindle The sliver of a waning moon was high in the sky.
diminish increase, grow, expand, wax

on the wane declining, dropping, fading, weakening, dwindling, withering, lessening, subsiding, ebbing, dying out, on the way out, on the decline, tapering off, obsolescent, on its last legs, at its lowest ebb His career prospects were clearly on the wane.

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wane

verb

1. To become or cause to become less active or intense:

abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside.

2. To lose strength or power:

decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken.

Informal: fizzle (out).

Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids.

noun

The act or process of becoming less active or intense:

abatement, ebb, letup, remission, slackening, subsidence.

Translations

يَتَضاءَل، يُشْرِف على الزَّوال

aftage

abnehmen

décroître

fogyatkozik

minnka

calare in fase calante

dilti

diltiet mazumāsarukt

gittikçe küçülmek

月亏

wane

[weɪn]

A. VI [moon] → menguar (fig) [strength] → decaer; [popularity, power, enthusiasm, interest, support] → disminuir

B. N to be on the wane [moon] → estar menguando; [strength] → estar decayendo; [popularity, support, power, interest] → estar disminuyendo

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wane

[ˈweɪn]

[moon] → décroître

[reputation, interest] → décliner

n
to be on the wane → être sur le déclin

wane

n to be on the wane (fig) → im Schwinden sein

vi (moon) → abnehmen; (daylight) → nachlassen; (fig) (influence, strength, life, power) → schwinden; (reputation) → verblassen

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wane

[weɪn]

1. vi (moon) → calare (fig) → declinare, scemare

2. n to be on the wane = to wane

wane

(wein) verb

(of the moon) to appear to become smaller as less of it is visible.

on the wane

becoming less. His power is on the wane.

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now, with the subordinate phantoms, what wonder remained soon waned away; for in a whaler wonders soon wane. Besides, now and then such unaccountable odds and ends of strange nations come up from the unknown nooks and ash-holes of the earth to man these floating outlaws of whalers; and the ships themselves often pick up such queer castaway creatures found tossing about the open sea on planks, bits of wreck, oars, whale-boats, canoes, blown-off Japanese junks, and what not; that Beelzebub himself might climb up the side and step down into the cabin to chat with the captain, and it would not create any unsubduable excitement in the forecastle.

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I hastily took a lump of camphor from my pocket, and prepared to light is as soon as the match should wane. Then I looked at Weena.

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Once seated within what he already considered his new possession, the black's courage began to wane and when the motor was started and the great propeller commenced to whir, he screamed to the Englishman to stop the thing and permit him to alight, but the aviator could neither hear nor understand the black above the noise of the propeller and exhaust.

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I have sat before the dense coal fire and watched it all aglow, full of its tormented flaming life; and I have seen it wane at last, down, down, to dumbest dust.

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Thus, in the most brutal and formidable of the soldier class -- creatures almost on a level with women in their lack of intelligence -- it is found that, as they wax in the mental ability necessary to employ their tremendous penetrating power to advantage, so do they wane in the power of penetration itself.

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The club's most successful - and longest-serving - Super League era coach, Wane's 30-year association with his hometown side ended following the Grand Final victory over Warrington at Old Trafford last October.

Wane willing to talk over Wigan return

Both clubs are on the look out for new bosses and Wane (above) believes he could dig either out of trouble they're in.

WANE WANTS TO SAVE RHINOS; RUGBY LEAGUE SUPER LEAGUE

Wane, who represented the Warriors as a player before being promoted from assistant coach in 2011, announced his decision to step down in the aftermath of Magic Weekend in May.

Warriors seal emotional day for chief Wane

Wane has steered the Warriors to two Super League titles but will cross codes to work with Scotland at the end of his contract, which expires at the end of the current rugby league season.

Wane set to switch codes with Scots

Former captains Shaun Edwards and Andy Farrell are among the names being mooted as potential replacements for the 53-year-old Wane, who will end a 36-year association as player and coach.

Wane to leave Wigan

Wane's side could only have made the top four with an unlikely 90-point win - but scrum-half Finn pulled all the right strings as Wakefield gave them a hiding.