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wane
noun
1 wane
A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
synonyms: ebb, ebbing.
Roget 659:
deterioration,
debasement;
wane,
ebb;
recession
etc.
287;
retrogradation
etc.
283†;
decrease
etc.
36.
degeneracy,
degeneration,
degenerateness;
degradation;
depravation,
depravement;
devolution;
depravity
etc.
945;
demoralization,
retrogression;
masochism.
impairment,
inquination†,
injury,
damage,
loss,
detriment,
delaceration†,
outrage,
havoc,
inroad,
ravage,
scath†;
perversion,
prostitution,
vitiation,
discoloration,
oxidation,
pollution,
defoedation†,
poisoning,
venenation†,
leaven,
contamination,
canker,
corruption,
adulteration,
alloy.
decline,
declension,
declination;
decadence,
decadency†;
falling off
etc.
v.;
caducity†,
decrepitude.
decay,
dilapidation,
ravages of time,
wear and tear;
corrosion,
erosion;
moldiness,
rottenness;
moth and rust,
dry rot,
blight,
marasmus†,
atrophy,
collapse;
disorganization;
delabrement
etc.
(destruction).
162;
aphid,
Aphis,
plant louse,
puceron†;
vinefretter†,
vinegrub†.
wreck,
mere wreck,
honeycomb,
magni nominis umbra [Lat.];
jade,
plug,
rackabones [U.S.],
skate [U.S.];
tackey†,
tacky [U.S.].
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Roget 36:
decrease,
diminution;
lessening
etc.
v.;
subtraction
etc.
38;
reduction,
abatement,
declension;
shrinking
etc.
(contraction.)
195;
coarctation†;
abridgment
etc.
(shortening)
201;
extenuation.
subsidence,
wane,
ebb,
decline;
ebbing;
descent
etc.
306;
decrement,
reflux,
depreciation;
deterioration
etc.
659;
anticlimax;
mitigation
etc.
(moderation)
174.
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verb
1 wane
Grow smaller:
— Interest in the project waned.
synonyms: decline, go down.
Roget 36:
decrease,
diminish,
lessen;
abridge
etc.
(shorten)
201;
shrink
etc.
(contract)
195;
drop off,
fall off,
tail off;
fall away,
waste,
wear;
wane,
ebb,
decline;
descend
etc.
306;
subside;
melt away,
die away;
retire into the shade,
hide its diminished head,
fall to a low ebb,
run low,
languish,
decay,
crumble.
bate,
abate,
dequantitate†;
discount;
depreciate;
extenuate,
lower,
weaken,
attenuate,
fritter away;
mitigate
etc.
(moderate)
174;
dwarf,
throw into the shade;
reduce
etc.
195;
shorten
etc.
201;
subtract
etc.
38.
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Roget 128:
be aged
etc.
adj.;
grow old,
get old
etc.
adj.;
age;
decline,
wane,
dodder;
senesce.
Roget 195:
become small,
become smaller;
lessen,
decrease
etc.
36;
grow less,
dwindle,
shrink,
contract,
narrow,
shrivel,
collapse,
wither,
lose flesh,
wizen,
fall away,
waste,
wane,
ebb;
decay
etc.
(deteriorate)
659.
be smaller than,
fall short of;
not come up to
etc.
(be inferior)
34.
render smaller,
lessen,
diminish,
contract,
draw in,
narrow,
coarctate†;
boil down;
constrict,
constringe†;
condense,
compress,
squeeze,
corrugate,
crimp,
crunch,
crush,
crumple up,
warp,
purse up,
pack,
squeeze,
stow;
pinch,
tighten,
strangle;
cramp;
dwarf,
bedwarf†;
shorten
etc.
201;
circumscribe
etc.
229;
restrain
etc.
751.
[reduce in size by abrasion or paring. ]
(subtraction)
38
abrade,
pare,
reduce,
attenuate,
rub down,
scrape,
file,
file down,
grind,
grind down,
chip,
shave,
shear,
wear down.
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Dutch: slinken
2 wane
3 wane
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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