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1. The application of wax to a surface
    
2. A gradual increase in magnitude or extent
   "the waxing of the moon"

1. (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases
   "the waxing moon passes from new to full"

1. Cover with wax
   "wax the car"
    
2. Go up or advance
   "Sales were waxing after prices were lowered"
   - mount, climb, rise
    
3. Increase in phase
   "the moon is waxing"
   - full
    
4. Remove hair from part of the body by coating the skin with wax that is then pulled off with the hair

Derived forms: waxings

Type of: application, coating, cover, covering, increase

Antonym: wane, waning

Encyclopedia: Wax Wax, animal and vegetable Wax, petroleum