nnoun.eventa gradual decrease in magnitude or extentExamples:- the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious
- the waxing and waning of the moon
Antonyms:waxing
Derivationally Related Form:wane
Hypernyms:decrease drop-off lessening
Inherited Hypernyms:waningdecreasechangehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.changegrow smallerSynset:decline go down wane
Examples:- Interest in the project waned
Derivationally Related Form:wanewaningdecline
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:declinedecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:dipdropwear on
Full Troponyms:dipdropslumptumblewear on
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changebecome smallerExamples:- Interest in his novels waned
Antonyms:wax
Derivationally Related Form:waning
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:wanedecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changedecrease in phaseAntonyms:wax
Derivationally Related Form:wanewaning
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:wanedecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The moon will soon --- (apply to: wane)
vverb.bodybecome pale and sicklyHypernyms:come down sicken
Inherited Hypernyms:wansickenworsenchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adjadj.all(of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreasesExamples:- after full moon comes the waning moon
Antonyms:waxing
Inherited Hypernyms:waning