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4-letter words (4 found)

ANEW,WANE,WEAN,WENA,

3-letter words (10 found)

ANE,AWE,AWN,EAN,NAE,NAW,NEW,WAE,WAN,WEN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AN,AW,EA,EN,EW,NA,NE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 24 words from wane according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of wane

wane awne wnae nwae anwe nawe waen awen wean ewan aewn eawn wnea nwea wena ewna newa enwa anew naew aenw eanw neaw enaw

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Definitions and meaning of wane

wane

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /weɪn/
  • Rhymes: -eɪn
  • Homophones: wain, Wayne

Etymology 1

From Middle English wane, from Old English wana (“defect, shortage”), from Proto-West Germanic *wanō, from Proto-Germanic *wanô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to leave, abandon; empty, deserted”).

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
    • 1853, 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, [...].
    • 1913, Michael Ott, The Catholic Encyclopedia, "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).
  2. The lunar phase during which the sun seems to illuminate less of the moon as its sunlit area becomes progressively smaller as visible from Earth.
  3. (literary) The end of a period.
  4. (woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
    • 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.
Usage notes
  • When referring to the moon or a time period, the word is found mostly in prepositional phrases like in or on the wane.
Synonyms
  • (a diminution in power, value, etc.): decrease, decline
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English wanen, wanien, from Old English wanian, wonian, from Proto-West Germanic *wanōn, from Proto-Germanic *wanōną.

Verb

wane (third-person singular simple present wanes, present participle waning, simple past and past participle waned)

  1. (intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
  2. (intransitive) Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
  3. (intransitive, astronomy) Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
  4. (intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
  5. (intransitive, archaic) To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to decrease.
Antonyms
  • wax
Derived terms
  • wax and wane
Translations

Etymology 3

From Scots wean.

Alternative forms

  • wain, waine, wean

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. (Scotland, slang) A child.

Etymology 4

From Middle English wōne, wāne (“dwelling," "custom”), of unclear origins, compare wont.

Alternative forms

  • wone (Southern England)

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. (chiefly Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) A house or dwelling.

Anagrams

  • Ewan, Newa, anew, wean

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaː.nə/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧ne

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Compare Sranan Tongo wana.

Noun

wane c (uncountable)

  1. (Suriname) A type of South American tree that produces hardwood, Sextonia rubra.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

wane

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of wanen

Fula

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

wane nge (plural bani)

  1. (Pular) a cow with a brown hide

References

  • Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Middle Dutch

Verb

wâne

  1. inflection of wânen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wana, wona (noun) and wan, won (noun), related to wanian (“to diminish”).

Noun

wane (uncountable)

  1. penury, deprivation, neediness
  2. lack, absence
  3. diminution
Alternative forms
  • wan, won, wone; wain (Northern)
Descendants
  • English: wane
  • Scots: wane, waine

References

  • “wāne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Probably from Old English wēan or wēana, oblique cases of wēa (“woe, grief, misery”).

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. woeful, miserable state; adversity; misfortune
  2. affliction, tribulation
  3. destruction
Alternative forms
  • wan, won, wone
  • weane, wæn, wæne, wæine, wen, wene (Early Middle English, southwest Midlands)
Descendants
  • English: wane

References

  • “wāne, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

From Old English wana, wona (adjective) and wan, won (adjective), related to wanian (“to diminish”).

Adjective

wane

  1. inadequate, incomplete, imperfect
  2. lacking, missing, absent
Alternative forms
  • wan, wanne, wone, won, vane
Descendants
  • English: wane
  • Scots: wan, wane

References

  • “wāne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 4

Noun

wane (uncountable)

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of vein

Etymology 5

Adverb

wane

  1. Alternative form of fain

Etymology 6

Adjective

wane

  1. Alternative form of wan

Etymology 7

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)

Etymology 8

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of wone (“course”)

Etymology 9

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. Alternative form of wain (“wagon”)

Etymology 10

Noun

wane (plural wanes)

  1. Alternative form of veine (“vein”)

Etymology 11

Verb

wane (third-person singular simple present waneth, present participle wanende, wanynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle waned)

  1. Alternative form of wanen

Etymology 12

Adverb

wane

  1. Alternative form of whenne

Conjunction

wane

  1. Alternative form of whenne

Etymology 13

Verb

wane

  1. Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
  2. Alternative form of wonnen: plural simple past of winnen

Etymology 14

Adverb

wane

  1. Alternative form of whanne

Conjunction

wane

  1. Alternative form of whanne

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