Waning

/ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of wane.

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of wane
2. Becoming weaker or smaller.
3. Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
4. The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
5. The fact or act of becoming smaller.

Example Sentences

my patience is waning

the waning moon

the waning of her energy

And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […]

Soothed again, but only soothed to deeper gloom, Ahab, who had sterned off from the whale, sat intently watching his final wanings from the now tranquil boat.

17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B. This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.

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• wanings

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