wane

wane englannista suomeksi

1. vähetä

2. ehtyä, hiipua

3. heikkeneminen

1. hiipuminen

2. väheneminen

3. loppu, päättyminen

4. vajaasärmä

5. hiipua

6. himmetä, himmentyä

7. vähetä

8. päättyä

9. vähetä, hiipua; supistua in size

9. Substantiivi

9. Verbi

wane englanniksi

1. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

2. 1853, Melville|Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in ''Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories'', New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as ''Bartleby'', (ISBN), p. 3,

In the morning, one might say, his face was of a fine florid hue, but after twelve o'clock, meridian -- his dinner hour -- it blazed like a grate full of Christmas coals; and continued blazing -- but, as it were, with a gradual wane -- till six o'clock, PM, or thereabouts; after which, I saw no more of the proprietor of the face, ....

3. 1913, Michael Ott, ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', "Encyclopedia (1913)/Wenzel Anton Kaunitz|Wenzel Anton Kaunitz",

His influence which was on the wane during the reign of Joseph II grew still less during the reign of Leopold II (1790-2).

4. The phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.

5. (quote-book)

6. {{quote-text|en|year=1926|author=H. P. Lovecraft|title=s:The Moon-Bog

7. The end of a period.

8. (RQ:Dickens Dombey and Son)

9. {{quote-text|en|year=1845|author=Benjamin Disraeli|title=(novel)|Sybil, or The Two Nations|section=Book 1, 1/Chapter 3|Chapter 3

Elliott State Park Cabin 1 crop.jpg|thumb|Wane siding on a cabin at S.B. Elliott State Park|S.B. Elliott State Park

10. A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

11. 2002, Peter Ross, ''Appraisal and Repair of Timber Structures'', p. 11,

Sapwood, or even bark, may appear on the corners, or may have been cut off, resulting in wane, or missing timber.

12. To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

13. (RQ:Dryden Aureng-zebe)

14. (quote-text)|title=A New Discourse of Trade

15. (RQ:Melville Moby-Dick)

16. {{quote-text|en|year=1902|author=John Masefield|title=s:The Golden City of St. Mary

17. {{quote-book|en|year=1922|author=Michael Arlen|title=“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days|chapter=Ep./1/1

18. (quote-web)

19. Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.

20. {{quote-text|en|year=1894|author=Algernon Charles Swinburne|title=s:A Nympholept

21. Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.

22. {{quote-text|en|year=1866|author=Sabine Baring-Gould|title=Curious Myths of the Middle Ages|chapter=Myths of the Middle Ages/The Man in the Moon|The Man in the Moon

23. Said of a time period that to an end|comes to an end.

24. {{quote-text|en|year=1889|author=Algernon Charles Swinburne|title=s:Astrophel and Other Poems/A Swimmer's Dream|A Swimmer's Dream

25. To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.

26. (RQ:Scott Guy Mannering)

27. To cause to decrease.

28. {{quote-text|en|year=1610|author=Ben Jonson|title=The Speeches at Prince Henry's Barriers

29. {{quote-text|en|year=1797|author=Anna Seward|title=Letter to Mrs Childers of Yorkshire|url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=uXo4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA4&vq=waned&source=gbs_search_r&cad=1_1

30. A child.

31. A house or dwelling.

32. A type of South American tree that produces hardwood, (taxlink).

33. (infl of)

34. a cow with a brown hide

35. (inflection of)

36. penury, deprivation, neediness

37. lack, absence

38. diminution

39. woeful, miserable state; adversity; misfortune

40. affliction, tribulation

41. destruction

42. inadequate, incomplete, imperfect

43. lacking, missing, absent

44. (alt form)

45. (alt form)

46. (alt form): (infl of)