plural of wane

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wane

plural of waning

(Scotland, slang) A child.

(chiefly Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A house or dwelling.

A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc. / 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.

(intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline. / (intransitive) Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.

(idiomatic) in a period of decrease or decline

present participle of wane

Becoming weaker or smaller. / Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.