wane — 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wane — See wax. See wax, wane … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
wax — See wax, wane … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
wax and wane — To increase and decrease in alternating sequence • • • Main Entry: ↑wax * * * wax and wane mainly literary phrase to become bigger or stronger and then smaller or weaker Thesaurus: to become largersynonym to become smallersynonym … Useful english dictionary
WANE — may refer to:*wane, decreasing intensity e.g. wax and wane , means increasing decreasing intensity*Taylor Wane (born 1968), British pornographic actress and model*WANE TV, a television station in Fort Wayne, Indiana* Wax and Wane , 1982 song from … Wikipedia
Wane — Wane, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan , G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana , lacking, wan?n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth. vans;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wax — (w[a^]ks), v. i. [imp. {Waxed}; p. p. {Waxed}, and Obs. or Poetic {Waxen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] [AS. weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. v[ a]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. ? to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wax — wax1 [waks] n. [ME < OE weax, akin to Ger wachs < IE * wokso < * weg , to weave, prob. < base * (a)we , to WEAVE] 1. a plastic, dull yellow substance secreted by bees for building cells; beeswax: it is hard when cold and easily molded … English World dictionary
wane — *abate, subside, ebb Analogous words: *decrease, dwindle, lessen, diminish Antonyms: wax Contrasted words: *increase, augment: mount, soar, tower, surge, *rise … New Dictionary of Synonyms
wane — I n. decrease period of decrease on the wane (the moon is on the wane) II v. 1) (D; intr.) to wane into (to wane into insignificance) 2) (misc.) to wax and wane * * * [weɪn] (misc.) to wax and wane [ decrease ] [ period of decrease ] on the wane… … Combinatory dictionary
