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Waxing

verb
/ˈwæksɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.verbTo apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
2.verbTo 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.
3.verbTo defeat utterly.
4.verbTo kill, especially to murder a person.
5.verb(usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
6.verbTo increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
7.verbTo grow.
8.verb(of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
9.verb(of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
10.nounThe action of the verb to wax.
11.nounA cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
12.nounA recording intended for a phonograph.

Synonyms

polishbump offknock offwhackbuffburnishfurbishshinebecomeplatterrecordvinyl

Antonyms

wane

Rhymes With

relaxingtaxingaxingfaxingmax hungpak sungracks hungsacks hung
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