to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.

Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.

to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc.

Colonialism began to wane after World War II.

to draw to a close; approach an end

Summer is waning.

(of the moon) to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon. Compare wax 2 ( def. 2 ) .

a gradual decrease or decline in strength, intensity, power, etc.

the drawing to a close of life, an era, a period, etc.

the waning of the moon.

a period of waning.

a defect in a plank or board characterized by bark or insufficient wood at a corner or along an edge, due to the curvature of the log. ?

on the wane

decreasing; diminishing

The popularity of that song is on the wane.

verb

grow , increase , raise , rise

verb

abate , atrophy , decline , decrease , die away , die down , die out , dim , draw to a close , drop , dwindle , ease off , ebb , fade , fade away , fail , fall , fall short , let up , moderate , peter out * , relent , shrink , sink , slacken , slack off , subside , taper off , waste away , weaken , wind down , withernotes:wane means to gradually decrease in strength or size , while wax means to increase in size or strength , bate , die , ease , fall off , lapse , remit , degenerate , deteriorate , flag , languish , waste , absent , decay , decrescence , diminish , diminution , fade.--n. decrease , lag , lessen , peter , recede , wilt , wither

noun

abatement , ebb , letup , remission , slackening , subsidence