Waning
['weɪnɪŋ] or [wen]
Definition
(noun.) a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; 'the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious'; 'the waxing and waning of the moon'.
(adj.) (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; 'after full moon comes the waning moon' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wane
(n.) The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
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Examples
- Lastly, the aim of following nature means to note the origin, the waxing, and waning, of preferences and interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was dim--a pale, waning autumn day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But the sense of the waning hour made him desperate: he could not bear the thought that a barrier of words should drop between them again. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The waning moon, which had just risen, shewed me a cottage, whose neat entrance and trim garden reminded me of my own England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- May I suggest, Schoolmaster,' said Eugene, removing his fast-waning cigar from his lips to glance at it, 'that you can now take your pupil away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oh, waning moon! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yet the scene in the dining-room of the Abbey Grange was sufficiently strange to arrest his attention and to recall his waning interest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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