wane
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(verb) decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen |
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Antonyms: wax |
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2. |
(verb) become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned" |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, fall, lessen |
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Antonyms: wax |
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3. |
(verb) grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" |
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Synonyms: decline, go down |
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Related Words: decrease, diminish, dip, drop, fall, lessen, wear on |
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(noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) |
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Synonyms: ebb, ebbing |
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Related Words: decline, diminution |
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