wanes
Loses its strength
Wanes is the verb wane in its third-person singular form.
To wane is to decrease gradually in size, intensity, or power.
The moon wanes as it moves from full toward new, its illuminated portion shrinking nightly.
Interest wanes, enthusiasm wanes, influence wanes: His popularity waned after the scandal.
The opposite is wax, though wax in this sense survives mainly in the phrase wax and wane.
To make smaller
Curved sickle-like arc
- gibbousConvexly swollen shape
- quarterOne of four parts
- phasesDistinct periods in sequence
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
new · full · eclipse · moonlight · celestial · night · sky · tides
diminish
To make smaller
subside · weaken · fade · ebb · shrink · taper · drop · fall · slump · contract
crescent
Curved sickle-like arc
cycle · new · full · eclipse · moonlight · celestial · night · sky · tides · monthly
tide
Ocean's cyclical swell
recede · outflow · neap · slack · outgoing · seaward · shoreline · coastal · tidal · current
dim
Low in light
pale · blur · vanish · disappear · evanesce · subdue · wilt · tarnish · age · soften
- verbsjump, be, speak, wait, do
- slowing downbraking, brakes, crawl, coasts, creep
- erodeserodes, corrodes, abrades, wears down, wears out
- falls offdrops, tumbles, slips, detaches, topples
- Cordillera peoplesmountain tribes, rice terraces, peace pacts, tribal tattoos
wanesflourishes
Prospers or ornamental strokes
thrives · surges · strengthens · rallies · revives
- wax and waneFluctuate in cycles
- waning moonMoon after full, before new
- waxing and waningCyclical increase and decrease
- on the waneDecreasing in power
- waning immunityDecreasing bodily defense capacity
- waning crescentFinal lunar phase shown