Ebb vs. Wane
Ebbnoun
The receding movement of the tide.
Ebbnoun
A gradual decline.
Ebbnoun
A low state; a state of depression.
Ebbnoun
A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
Ebbverb
(intransitive) to flow back or recede
Ebbverb
(intransitive) to fall away or decline
Ebbverb
(intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
Ebbverb
(transitive) To cause to flow back.
Ebbadjective
low, shallow
Ebbnoun
The European bunting.
Ebbnoun
The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; - opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.
Ebbnoun
The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
Ebbverb
To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; - opposed to flow.
Ebbverb
To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
Ebbverb
To cause to flow back.
Ebbadjective
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
Ebbnoun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
Ebbnoun
the outward flow of the tide
Ebbverb
flow back or recede;
Ebbverb
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
Ebbverb
fall away or decline;
Wanenoun
A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
Wanenoun
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.
Wanenoun
(literary) The end of a period.
Wanenoun
(woodworking) A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
Wanenoun
A child.
Wanenoun
A house or dwelling.
Waneverb
(intransitive) To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
Waneverb
(intransitive) Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
Waneverb
Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.
Waneverb
(intransitive) Said of a time period that comes to an end.
Waneverb
To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
Waneverb
To cause to decrease.
Waneverb
To be diminished; to decrease; - contrasted with wax, and especially applied to the illuminated part of the moon.
Waneverb
To decline; to fail; to sink.
Waneverb
To cause to decrease.
Wanenoun
The decrease of the illuminated part of the moon to the eye of a spectator.
Wanenoun
Decline; failure; diminution; decrease; declension.
Wanenoun
An inequality in a board.
Wanenoun
The natural curvature of a log or of the edge of a board sawed from a log.
Wanenoun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
Waneverb
grow smaller;
Waneverb
become smaller;
Waneverb
decrease in phase;
Waneverb
(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.
Waneverb
(of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker
Wanenoun
the amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape
