wane :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (2)

ebb, ebbing

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

Verbs (5)

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

decrease in phase

v. of the moon

decline, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (144)

decline, decay

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

depression, dent, indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

ebb

v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

lessen, subside

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

remit, slacken

v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

decrease, lessen, make smaller, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

reduce, simplify

v. make less complex; "reduce a problem to a single question"

relax, unbend, make less tight

v. make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

sink, slump, fall off

v. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

degrade, cheapen

v. lower the grade of something; reduce its worth

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse