Thesaurus: wane

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1. v. i. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
2. v. i. To decline; to fail; to sink.
3. v. t. To cause to decrease.
4. n. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
5. n. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
6. n. An inequality in a board.
7. n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
8. v. grow smaller
9. v. become smaller
10. v. decrease in phase