wane
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etcA gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
» Tom's interest quickly waned.
Интерес Тома быстро угас.
Meaning
6 sensesA gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
1913, Michael Ott, The Catholic Encyclopedia, "Wenzel Anton Kaunitz", His influence which was on the wane during the reign of Joseph II grew still less during the reign of Leopold II (1790-2).
у́быльúbylʹ, убыва́ниеubyvánije, спадspad
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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.
уще́рбuščérb, убыва́ниеubyvánije
(literary)The end of a period.
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A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
2002, Peter Ross, Appraisal and Repair of Timber Structures, p. 11, Sapwood, or even bark, may appear on the corners, or may have been cut off, resulting in wane, or missing timber.
Fehlkante
обзо́лobzól
(Scotland, slang)A child.
(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete)A house or dwelling.
Examples
29 sentencesTom's interest quickly waned.
ruИнтерес Тома быстро угас. — marafon
His strength is waning.
Його сила слабшає. — deniko
ruЕго сила слабеет. — fjay69
deSeine Kraft lässt nach. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The eruption seems to be waning.
His powers are on the wane.
deSeine Kräfte schwinden. — raggione
My interest in you has waned.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Middle English wane, from Old English wana (“defect, shortage”), from Proto-West GermFrom Middle English wane, from Old English wana (“defect, shortage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wanō, from Proto-Germanic *wanô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to leave, abandon; empty, deserted”).
From Scots wean.
From Middle English wōne, wāne (“dwelling," "custom”), of unclear origins, compare wont.
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