2syllables
waxing
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Definitions ofwaxing
1verb
- To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
- To defeat utterly.
- To kill, especially to murder a person.
- (usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
1verb
- To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
Synonyms: become
- To grow.
- (of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- (of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
1noun
- The action of the verb to wax.
- A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
- A recording intended for a phonograph.
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