WANE
\wˈe͡ɪn], \wˈeɪn], \w_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of WANE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
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decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
By Princeton University
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a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
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decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.
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To decline; to fail; to sink.
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The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
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Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
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An inequality in a board.
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To be diminished; to decrease; - contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
By Oddity Software
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The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.
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To decline; to fail; to sink.
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The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
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Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
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An inequality in a board.
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To be diminished; to decrease; - contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
By Noah Webster.
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To grow less; decrease; said of the moon; to decline in power or importance; fail.
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The decrease of the visible bright part of the moon from full to new; decrease in power or importance.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald