on the wane (the moon is on the wane)
1) (D; intr.) to wane into (to wane into insignificance)
2) (misc.) to wax and wane
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
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
Wane — Wane, n. 1. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator. [1913 Webster] 2. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension. [1913 Webster] An age in which the church is in its wane. South. [1913 Webster] Though… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wane — ► VERB 1) (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size. 2) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker. ● on the wane Cf. ↑on the wane ORIGIN Old English, «lessen»;… … English terms dictionary
wane — [wān] vi. waned, waning [ME wanien < OE wanian, to decrease, grow less, akin to wan, lacking: for IE base see WANT] 1. to grow gradually less in extent: said esp. of the visible face of the moon during the phases after full moon in which the… … English World dictionary
Wane — Wane, v. t. To cause to decrease. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wane — (v.) O.E. wanian make or become smaller gradually, from P.Gmc. *wanojanan (Cf. O.S. wanon, O.N. vana, O.Fris. wania, M.Du. waenen, O.H.G. wanon to wane, to grow less ), from *wano lacking, from PIE *we no , from root *eue … Etymology dictionary
wane — index decline, decline (fall), decrease (noun), decrease (verb), degenerate, deteriorate, diminish, ebb … Law dictionary
Wane — Sm Angehöriger eines nordischen Göttergeschlechts per. Wortschatz fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Übernommen aus anord. vanr, dessen Deutung umstritten ist. Ebenso ne. ( Pl.) Vanir, nschw. van, nisl. Vanur. nord … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
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 — [v] diminish, lessen 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… … New thesaurus
