English Dictionary

wane

/weɪn/

noun

A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc. / The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

The wane of his influence was evident as fewer people attended his speeches.

意味（1）

A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

In the morning, one might say, his face was of a fine florid hue, but after twelve o'clock, meridian -- his dinner hour -- it blazed like a grate full of Christmas coals; and continued blazing -- but, as it were, with a gradual wane -- till six o'clock, PM, or thereabouts; after which, I saw no more of the proprietor of the face, ….

意味（2）

The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

It was very dark, for although the sky was clear the moon was now well in the wane, and would not rise till the small hours.

意味（3）

(literary) The end of a period.

The day was in its prime, the day was in its wane, and still, uneasy in mind and body, she slept on.

意味（4）

(woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

Sapwood, or even bark, may appear on the corners, or may have been cut off, resulting in wane, or missing timber.