wanes in English

noun

1

the amount by which a plank or log is beveled or falls short of a squared shape.

verb

1

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.

Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning , the stars obscured by clouds.

noun

• ebb, ebbing

verb

• decline, diminish, decrease, dwindle, shrink, tail off, ebb, fade (away), lessen, peter out, fall off, recede, slump, flag, weaken, give way, wither, crumble, evaporate, disintegrate, die out, evanesce
• decline, go down

Use "wanes" in a sentence

1. Algol is a known variable star, which waxes and wanes in brightness

2. Synonyms for Abates include decreases, declines, diminishes, subsides, dwindles, eases, lessens, ebbs, wanes and fades

3. Just like the Moon, Venus waxes and wanes from crescent to full and back again.

4. Just like the Moon, Venus waxes and wanes from crescent to full and back again

5. Arroyos tend to respond quickly to precipitation and have flashy flow—streamflow that rises to floodstage and wanes quickly

6. Into the second act, the tone grows Bickeringly contentious, resolves into recriminations, then wanes into a soliloquy of maudlin reverie

7. Into the second act, the tone grows Bickeringly contentious, resolves into recriminations, then wanes into a soliloquy of maudlin reverie

8. Even as the need wanes, with many seniors fully vaccinated, some Councils still maintain waitlists, and new vaccine hopefuls without internet access continue to call every day.

9. Elle’s gritty shrill is apt and uplifting, the theme is often invitingly saucy, Awakeningly tangible, sometimes metaphorically current affairs, but it hardly wanes in energy, and if it does you know it’s building to something