wane

wane is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
2. intransitive verb. To decline; to fail; to sink.
3. transitive verb. To cause to decrease.
4. noun. The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
5. noun. Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
6. noun. An inequality in a board.
7. noun. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

   Synonyms: ebb, ebbing

8. verb. grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

   Synonyms: decline

9. verb. decrease in phase

   "the moon is waning"

10. verb. become smaller

    "Interest in his novels waned"

Synonyms

ebb, ebbing, decline

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in wane:

anew, wean

Common word forms

waned, wanes, wanely, waning, waneless

Words from these letters

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