📖 Definitions of "Wanes"
noun
- 1
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
- 2
The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
- 3
The end of a period.
- 4
A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
verb
- 1
To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
- 2
Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
- 3
Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
- 4
Said of a time period that comes to an end.
noun
- 1
A child.
noun
- 1
A house or dwelling.
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