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  • 21waning — Synonyms and related words: aging, at rest, calm, cloistered, coming apart, contractive, cool, cracking, crumbling, decadent, declining, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, degenerate, deliquescent, deteriorating, diminishing, diminuendo,… …

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  • 22wane — verb time lapse photography shows the moon waning Syn: decline, diminish, decrease, dwindle, shrink, tail off, ebb, fade (away), lessen, peter out, fall off, recede, slump, flag, weaken, give way, wither, crumble, eva …

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  • 23wane — [weɪn] verb [I] 1) to become weaker or less important 2) when the moon is waning, it looks smaller each night Ant: wax …

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  • 24wane —   Emi, manono (as the moon).     Waning moon, mahina hapalua hope …

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  • 25on the wane — Synonyms and related words: contractive, declining, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, deliquescent, diminishing, diminuendo, dwindling, languishing, lessening, on the decline, on the downgrade, on the skids, reductive, subsiding, tottering,… …

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  • 26decrease — I. v. n. Diminish (gradually), lessen, wane, decline, ebb, subside, dwindle, contract, abate, grow less. II. v. a. Diminish, lessen, retrench, curtail, reduce, lower, make less. III. n. Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction, wane or waning …

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  • 27Waned — Wane Wane, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waning}.] [OE. wanien, AS. wanian, wonian, from wan, won, deficient, wanting; akin to D. wan , G. wahnsinn, insanity, OHG. wan, wana , lacking, wan?n to lessen, Icel. vanr lacking, Goth.… …

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  • 28decrease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Diminution Nouns 1. (decrease in amount) decrease, diminution; lessening, subtraction (see deduction); reduction, abatement; shrinking, contraction, extenuation; cut back, discount. See shortness. 2.… …

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  • 29Lunar phase — Moon phase redirects here. For the manga and anime series, see Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase. Animation of the Moon as it cycles through its phases, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. The apparent wobbling of the Moon is known as libration. The… …

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  • 30go down — verb 1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (Freq. 11) The temperature is going down The barometer is falling The curtain fell on the diva Her hand went up and then fell again • Syn: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑ …

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