WANE

(noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
synonyms : ebb , ebbing
With the death of its founder, the influential media company began to ebb. -added by nsrees
(verb) grow smaller
"Interest in the project waned"
synonyms : decline , go down
-added by jaspreetbaweja
(verb) decrease in phase
"the moon is waning"
(verb) become smaller
"Interest in his novels waned"

Selected Mnemonic for wane

(Tag: english) 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.
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(Tag: english) Wane and pain are similar because wane is a decrease in vigour and if you are in pain you certainly lose vigour.
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Mnemonics for wane

(Tag: ) wain = = gain. wane is opposite of gain.
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(Tag: ) batman lowers his strength when he becomes bruce wayne
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(Tag: ) WANE opposite of WAX= increase
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(Tag: ) wayne rooney had a wane world cup in south africa which means that his striking strength decreased!!!!!!!!!!!
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(Tag: ) sounds like VEIN.....vein gradually decreases in size
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(Tag: ) wane=kane...KANE WAS EXTREMELY STONG AND HUGE IN WWF BUT AFTER HIS ILLNESS HE BCAME WAIN..........;)
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(Tag: ) w(with) ane(anemia), one who has anemia has decreasing blood cells
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(Tag: ) WANE,very much similar to wine,so,in order to "decrease in size" he reduced drinking WINE.
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(Tag: ) 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..
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