wane
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
Types & categories
- diminution hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
grow smaller
Interest in the project waned
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- waning derivation
- diminution derivation
- ebb derivation
Sense 3 verb
become smaller
Interest in his novels waned
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
decrease in phase
the moon is waning
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wane |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wane |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ebb |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | diminution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | diminution |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ebb |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wear on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | mount |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | waning |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | wax |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | waning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ebb |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |