wane

intr.v., 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.

n.

1. The act or process of gradually declining or diminishing.
2. 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.

idiom:

on the wane

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

[Middle English wanen, from Old English wanian.]

verb

1. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off. or out), ease (off or up), ebb, fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside. See increase/decrease.
2. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag², languish, sink, waste (away), weaken. Informal fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See increase/decrease, strong/weak.

noun

The act or process of becoming less active or intense: abatement, ebb, letup, remission, slackening, subsidence. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: diminish, lessen
Antonyms: grow, increase, raise, rise

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A rounded edge or bark along an edge or at a corner of a piece of lumber; usually caused by sawing too near the surface of the log.

wane

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IN BRIEF: A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).

The moon will wax, the moon will wane. The mist and cloud will turn to rain. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - aftagende, hældende
n. - nedgang, aftagende, forfald, skråplan, vandkant

idioms:

• on the wane    i aftagen, dalende, på skråplanet

Nederlands (Dutch)
afnemen, minder worden, tanen, verzwakken

Français (French)
v. intr. - (Astron) décroître, diminuer (enthousiasme), être sur le déclin
n. - déclin

idioms:

• on the wane    (être) sur le déclin

Deutsch (German)
v. - abnehmen, schwinden, schwächer werden
n. - Abnahme, Schwinden

idioms:

• on the wane    abnehmend, schwindend

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ελαττώνομαι, λιγοστεύω, (μτφ.) παρακμάζω, φθίνω, εξασθενίζω
n. - ελάττωση, λιγόστεμα, χάση (φεγγαριού), (μτφ.) ύφεση

idioms:

• on the wane    σε παρακμή, (για φεγγάρι) στη χάση

Italiano (Italian)
calare, declinare

idioms:

• on the wane    in declino

Português (Portuguese)
v. - declinar, minguar, acabar
n. - declínio (m), fim (m), minguante (m)

idioms:

• on the wane    em período de declínio

Русский (Russian)
ущерб (луны), упадок, быть на ущербе (о Луне), убывать, тускнеть

idioms:

• on the wane    убывать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - menguar, decaer, disminuir
n. - disminución, decadencia, cuarto menguante (la luna)

idioms:

• on the wane    estar en el ocaso, menguando, decayendo, disminuyendo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avta, tyna
n. - avtagande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
变小, 衰落, 亏缺, 衰微, 变弱

idioms:

• on the wane    逐渐衰落

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 變小, 衰落, 虧缺
n. - 衰微, 變弱, 虧缺

idioms:

• on the wane    逐漸衰落

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - (달이) 이지러지다, 작아지다, 쇠약해지다
n. - (달의) 이지러짐, 감퇴, 원목의 껍질이나 둥근 면이 남아 있는 각재

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 欠ける, 弱まる, 衰える, 終わりに近づく
n. - 欠け, 減少, 衰微, 衰退

idioms:

• on the wane    かけ始めて, 衰えかけて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتضاءل, ينمحق, يتناقص (الاسم) المحاق, تناقص, تضاؤل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התמעט, פחת, קטן, דעך, גווע‬
n. - ‮התמעטות, דעיכה‬

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