to wane

Examples

• All

• As the month progresses, the moon will wane until it disappears completely.

• AS THE SUPERMOON WANES, SO DO THE TIDES.

  The Big Meet (2013)

• Until the Blood Moon wanes in three days... ...you will never truly be safe.

  Red Riding Hood (2011)

• Your power to move wanes with the moon.

  The Mummy's Hand (1940)

• As the moon wanes, the heart wanders.

  Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)

• But O, methinks, how slow this old moon wanes!

  A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

• The Moon had waned to half, but there was still enough light to find the rusting cart.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Friday night, we grilled steaks under the waning moon, and when we heard dogs barking in the distance, we joined them.

  Fiction book (1998)

• October 11-13: The waning crescent moon passes between Gemini and Leo in the morning sky.

  Academic text (1990)

• After the full moon, the light started to wane, casting shadows across the garden.

Synonyms

F

to fade

vsto wane

531 1.2

To slowly become less visible, bright, or loud

refers specifically to a celestial body's visible illuminated part shrinking after a full phase

Antonyms

W

to wax

• Literature

14 7.9

Become larger, as the moon does before it is full

Idioms

O

on the wane

3 6.7

Becoming less strong, less important, or less common

How Bright

to shine

428 1.0

to brighten

5 2.1

to wane

9 6.0

to dim

12 2.4

to darken

63 3.3

to blacken out

6.0

Surface Forms

Etymology