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waning

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1. waning - Noun

2. waning - Adjective

3. waning - Verb

Meaning

of Wane

The act or process of waning, or decreasing.

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Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles. Carol P. Christ

... like that star of the waning summer who beyond all stars rises bathed in the ocean stream to glitter in brilliance. Homer

All in the waning light she stood, The star of perfect womanhood. Lewis Carroll

It's the fate of the lion in winter: all his billions, all his television channels cannot rescue him from the mockery that rains down on the aged lecher, his powers visibly waning. Silvio Berlusconi

Sickness accompanies a waning moon; a new moon cures disease. Kiganda Proverb

What keeps its leaves, to the waning moon. What loses its leaves, to the new moon. Corsican Proverb

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