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    wane - Dictionary definition and meaning for word wane

    Definition
    (noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
    Synonyms : ebb , ebbing
    Definition
    (verb) grow smaller
    Synonyms : decline , go down
    Example Sentence
    • Interest in the project waned
    Definition
    (verb) become smaller
    Example Sentence
    • Interest in his novels waned
    Definition
    (verb) decrease in phase
    Example Sentence
    • the moon is waning
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for wane

wain = = gain. wane is opposite of gain.

batman lowers his strength when he becomes bruce wayne

WANE opposite of WAX= increase

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wane--it sounds like "vain", imagine your tailor has decreased the size of your paint and shirt and now you can't wear it, so your hard work to buy that dress went in vain.

sounds like VEIN.....vein gradually decreases in size

wayne rooney had a wane world cup in south africa which means that his striking strength decreased!!!!!!!!!!!

w(with) ane(anemia), one who has anemia has decreasing blood cells

wane=kane...KANE WAS EXTREMELY STONG AND HUGE IN WWF BUT AFTER HIS ILLNESS HE BCAME WAIN..........;)

wane--w stands for weak weak kane=wane..decrease in popularity

van to tempo auto - wane decrease in strength, gradually to an end.

Wane and pain are similar because wane is a decrease in vigour and if you are in pain you certainly lose vigour.

WANE,very much similar to wine,so,in order to "decrease in size" he reduced drinking WINE.

sounds CANE >> CANES are bigger in size when freshly cut from tree.. but to make various articles from it, they are kept it sun which makes them LESSEN IN SIZE..

wan-pale in colour with an extra e so more weak

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