adj
Meaning 1
Becoming weaker or smaller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- my patience is waning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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adj
Becoming weaker or smaller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The fact or act of becoming smaller.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of wane
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
(of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: waxing
noun
a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: waxing
Broader terms: decrease, lessening, drop-off
History
From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.
From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanungō, equivalent to wane + -ing.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.