Meaning

• A gradual diminution in power, value, intensity etc.

• 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.

• The end of a period.

• A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.

Meaning

• To progressively lose its splendor, value, ardor, power, intensity etc.; to decline.

• Said of light that dims or diminishes in strength.

• Said of the Moon as it passes through the phases of its monthly cycle where its surface is less and less visible.

• Said of a time period that comes to an end.

• To decrease physically in size, amount, numbers or surface.

• To cause to decrease.