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Word entry · 6 letters

waning

Best crossword clue

"Gradually decreasing"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aginnwStarts with WEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

Word origin

From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • my patience is waning
  • the waning moon
  • the waning of her energy

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