1. The application of wax to a surface
   "The car's shine was restored after a thorough waxing"
    
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. Say or write, esp. for a long time about a particular topic
   "I've probably waxed on about them for hours"; "He waxed lyrical about the success"
    
5. Remove hair from part of the body by coating the skin with wax that is then pulled off with the hair
   "She decided to wax her legs before the beach vacation"

Derived forms: waxings

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

Antonym: waning

Encyclopedia: Waxing