Wane - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|weɪn|
Brit.
|weɪn|
noun
verb
- grow smaller (syn: decline, go down)
Interest in the project waned
- become smallerInterest in his novels waned
- decrease in phaseExtra examples
The moon waxes and then wanes.
The scandal caused her popularity to wane.
Interest in this issue has continued to wane.
This feeling is perhaps somewhat on the wane.
The day was in its prime, the day was in its wane, and still she slept on.
His glory is waning.
The moon wanes.
My enthusiasm for the project was waning.
The group's influence had begun to wane by this time.
Interest in the project waned
Interest in his novels waned
By the 5th century, the power of the Roman Empire was on the wane.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: wane
he/she/it: wanes
present participle: waning
past tense: waned
past participle: waned
I/you/we/they: wane
he/she/it: wanes
present participle: waning
past tense: waned
past participle: waned
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