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WANING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

Example:

the waxing and waning of the moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("waning" is a kind of...):

decrease; drop-off; lessening (a change downward)

Antonym:

waxing (a gradual increase in magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

wane (grow smaller)

wane (decrease in phase)

wane (become smaller)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

Example:

after full moon comes the waning moon

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

waxing ((of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb wane

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