v. i. | 1. | |
1. | To be diminished; to decrease; - contrasted with | |
2. | To decline; to fail; to sink. | |
v. t. | 1. | To cause to decrease. |
n. | 1. | The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator. |
2. | Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. | |
3. | An inequality in a board. | |
4. | (Forestry) The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log. |
Noun | 1. | wane - a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) |
Verb | 1. | wane - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" |
2. | wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned" | |
3. | wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" |