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Translations waning [ˈweɪnɪŋ] A. ADJ [moon] → menguante (fig) [popularity, power, enthusiasm, interest, support] → decreciente B. N [of moon] → menguante f (fig) [of popularity, power] → disminución f, mengua f; [of enthusiasm, interest, support] → disminución f waning [ˈweɪnɪŋ] adj (moon) → calante (fig) (power, influence, strength) → in declino waning [ˈweɪnɪŋ] adj (moon) → calante (fig) (power, influence, strength) → in declino How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Partly from its peculiar colour, partly from a superstition which represented it as feeling the influence of the deity whom it adorned, and growing and lessening in lustre with the waxing and waning of the moon, it first gained the name by which it continues to be known in India to this day--the name of THE MOONSTONE. There are short days and long; the moon has its periods of waning and waxing. Then, as the afternoon shadows were waning, the party again took to the canoes and paddled on up the river. |
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