Noun
- 1. ebb, ebbing, wane, decline, diminution
- usage: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
Verb
- 1. decline, go down, wane, decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
- usage: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
- 2. wane, decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
- usage: become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
- 3. wane, decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
- usage: decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
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