wane
verb
[ weɪn ]
• (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
• (of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker.
• "confidence in the dollar waned"
Similar:
decrease,
decline,
diminish,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
taper off,
tail off,
subside,
slacken,
droop,
sink,
ebb,
dim,
fade (away),
grow faint,
lessen,
dissolve,
peter out,
wind down,
fall off,
attenuate,
be on the way out,
abate,
fail,
recede,
slump,
flag,
atrophy,
become weak,
weaken,
give in,
give way,
melt away,
deteriorate,
crumble,
wither,
disintegrate,
degenerate,
evaporate,
collapse,
go downhill,
draw to a close,
vanish,
die out,
evanesce,
remit,
Origin:
Old English wanian ‘lessen’, of Germanic origin; related to Latin vanus ‘vain’.
wane
noun
• the amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape.
• "I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from wane1.
