wane
21wane — wane1 [ weın ] verb intransitive 1. ) if a feeling or power wanes, it becomes weaker or less important: His enthusiasm was waning fast. 2. ) if the moon is waning, you see less and less of it each night ─ opposite WAX wane wane 2 [ weın ] noun on …
22Wane — This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is a metonymic occupational name for a carter, a driver of a wain or waggon, and sometimes for a waggon builder. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century waegn ,… …
23wane — I UK [weɪn] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms wane : present tense I/you/we/they wane he/she/it wanes present participle waning past tense waned past participle waned 1) if a feeling or power wanes, it becomes weaker or less important His… …
24wane — I. intransitive verb (waned; waning) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wanian; akin to Old High German wanōn to wane, Old English wan wanting, deficient, Latin vanus empty, vain Date: before 12th century 1. to decrease in size, extent,… …
25wane — [OE] Wane and Norwegian vana ‘spoil, waste’ are the only survivors of a family of Germanic verbs that goes back to a prehistoric *wanōjan. This was derived from the base *wan ‘lacking’, which also produced English want. The related but now… …
26wane — 1 verb (I) 1 if something such as power, influence, or a feeling wanes, it becomes gradually less strong or less important: My enthusiasm for the project was waning. 2 when the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it compare wax 2 (4) 2 noun on… …
27wane — [[t]weɪn[/t]] v. waned, wan•ing, n. 1) to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: My joy is waning[/ex] 2) to decline in power, importance, etc.: Colonialism began to wane after World War II[/ex] 3) to draw to a close: Summer is waning[/ex] 4)… …
28wane — /weɪn / (say wayn) verb (i) (waned, waning) 1. (of the moon) to decrease periodically in the extent of its illuminated portion after the full moon (opposed to wax). 2. to decline in power, importance, prosperity, etc. 3. to decrease in strength,… …
29wane — [OE] Wane and Norwegian vana ‘spoil, waste’ are the only survivors of a family of Germanic verbs that goes back to a prehistoric *wanōjan. This was derived from the base *wan ‘lacking’, which also produced English want. The related but now… …
30Wane — Die Wanen (abgeleitet vom altnordischen Vanir – „die Glänzenden“, auch Vanen geschrieben) bilden neben den jüngeren Asen das ältere der beiden Göttergeschlechter in der nordischen Mythologie. Sie wohnen in Wanaheim. Den Wanen, als Göttern des… …
