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Synonyms
wane (wān)

[Middle English wanen, from Old English wanian.]

intransitive verb: waned, wan·ing, wanes. 

  1. To decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline.
  2. To exhibit a decreasing illuminated area from full moon to new moon.
  3. To approach an end.

noun 

  1. The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing.
    1. A time or phase of gradual decrease.
    2. The period of the decrease of the moon's illuminated visible surface.
  3. A defective edge of a board caused by remaining bark or a beveled end.

idioms

on the wane
In a period of decline or decrease: “The tide was near the turn and already the day was on the wane” (James Joyce)