'Waxing' definitions:
Definition of 'waxing'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Waxing'
From: GCIDE
- Wax \Wax\ (w[a^]ks), v. i. [imp. Waxed; p. p. Waxed, and Obs. or Poetic Waxen; p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.] [AS. weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. v[aum]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. ? to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow. [root]135. Cf. Waist.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane. [1913 Webster]
- The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill. [1913 Webster]
- Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane. --P. Plowman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse. [1913 Webster]
- Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut. xxix. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Waxing kernels (Med.), small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; -- popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Waxing'
From: GCIDE
- Wax \Wax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.] To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. [1913 Webster]
- Waxed cloth, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also wax cloth.
- Waxed end, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots, shoes, and the like; -- called also wax end. --Brockett. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Waxing'
- Wax,
- Waxed,
- waxes,
- Chinese wax,
- Grafting wax,
- Grave wax,
- Japanese wax,
- Mineral wax,
- Modeling wax,
- Myrtle wax,
- Nose of wax,
- Sealing wax,
- Vegetable wax,
- Walling wax,
- Wax cloth,
- Wax end,
- Wax flower,
- Wax insect,
- Wax light,
- Wax moth,
- Wax myrtle,
- Wax painting,
- Wax palm,
- Wax paper,
- Wax plant,
- Wax tree,
- Wax yellow,
- Waxed cloth,
- Waxed end,
- Waxing kernels,
- White wax,
- ader wax,
- bayberry wax,
- candelilla wax,
- carnauba wax,
- earth wax,
- epilating wax,
- fig wax,
- floor wax,
- ghedda wax,
- gondang wax,
- japan wax,
- lac wax,
- montan wax,
- paraffin wax,
- pisang wax,
- scale wax,
- shellac wax,
- ski wax,
- wax and wane,
- wax bean,
- wax begonia,
- wax crayon,
- wax figure,
- wax mallow,
- Wood-wax,
- wax-chandler,
- white wax tree,
- wax-myrtle family