| slovo | definícia |
waning
(encz) | waning,slábnoucí adj: Pino |
waning
(encz) | waning,ubývající adj: např. měsíc Pino |
Waning
(gcide) | Waning \Wan"ing\, n.
The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
[1913 Webster]
This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings,
and sometimes her eclipses. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster] |
Waning
(gcide) | 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. vans; cf. Gr. ? bereaved, Skr. ?na wanting,
inferior. ????. Cf. Want lack, and Wanton.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax,
and especially applied to the illuminated part of the
moon.
[1913 Webster]
Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To decline; to fail; to sink.
[1913 Webster]
You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
--Sir J.
Child.
[1913 Webster] |
waning
(wn) | waning
adj 1: (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the
visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon
comes the waning moon" [ant: waxing]
n 1: a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of
his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the
moon" [ant: waxing] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
waning gibbous
(encz) | waning gibbous,couvající měsíc [astr.] Fáze mezi úplňkem a poslední
čtvrtí Petr Písař |
Unwaning
(gcide) | Unwaning \Unwaning\
See waning. |
Waning
(gcide) | Waning \Wan"ing\, n.
The act or process of waning, or decreasing.
[1913 Webster]
This earthly moon, the Church, hath fulls and wanings,
and sometimes her eclipses. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]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. vans; cf. Gr. ? bereaved, Skr. ?na wanting,
inferior. ????. Cf. Want lack, and Wanton.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To be diminished; to decrease; -- contrasted with wax,
and especially applied to the illuminated part of the
moon.
[1913 Webster]
Like the moon, aye wax ye and wane.
Waning moons their settled periods keep. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To decline; to fail; to sink.
[1913 Webster]
You saw but sorrow in its waning form. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
Land and trade ever will wax and wane together.
--Sir J.
Child.
[1913 Webster] |
|