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Noun wane has 1 sense
  1. ebb, ebbing, wane - a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
    --1 is a kind of decline, diminution
    Derived forms: verb wane1, verb wane3
,Verb wane has 3 senses
  1. decline, go down, wane - grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
    --1 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Derived forms: noun wane1, noun waning1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"
    --2 is one way to     decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Antonyms: wax, mount, climb, rise
    Derived form: noun waning1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  3. wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"
    --3 is one way to     decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Antonyms: wax, full
    Derived forms: noun wane1, noun waning1
    Sample sentence:
    The moon will soon wane
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