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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.
  • woodworking A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
  • literary The end of a period.
  • Northern England|and|Scotland|obsolete A house or dwelling.
  • slang A child.
  • The lunar phase during which diminishes the sunlight-illuminated area of the moon's surface visible from Earth.

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Verb:

  • archaic To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.
  • astronomy Said of the Moon as its through the phases of its monthly cycle during which its visible surface is progressively decrease.
  • intransitive Said of a time comes to an end.
  • intransitive Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.
  • intransitive To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.
  • obsolete To cause to decrease.

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