wane

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Similar word(s): ebb, ebbing

Definition categories: process, decline, diminution

Sentences with wane as a noun:

- Wane siding on a cabin at S.B. Elliott State Park

verb

1. grow smaller

- Interest in the project waned

Similar word(s): decline

Definition categories: change, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen

2. become smaller

- Interest in his novels waned

Definition categories: change, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen

3. decrease in phase

Definition categories: change, decrease, diminish, fall, lessen