waxing

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæksɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -æksɪŋ

waxing

1. present participle and gerund of wax

• waning

• waxing kernel
• waxing moon

waxing (countable and uncountable, plural waxings)

1. The action of the verb to wax.
   • 1983, Youlan Feng, Derk Bodde, A History of Chinese Philosophy, volume 2, page 427:

     The wanings and waxings (of the sun and moon) occur according to the (twelve) pitch-pipes.

   • 2006, Mary Lou Lyon, Early Cupertino, page 81:

     The building interior was Gothic and finished by multiple waxings of the commercial coast woods, redwood, sugar pine, white pine, and Douglas fir.

   • 2009, Fritz Allhoff, Wine and Philosophy: A Symposium on Thinking and Drinking, page 128:

     Are these metaphorical descriptions just the subjective waxings of the critic or are they aesthetic properties really (but metaphorically) true of the wine?

2. (countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
3. (countable) A recording intended for a phonograph. [from 1940s]
   • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 12:

     Except for "Washing Machine Blues," a 1952 side for the King label, Carson's waxings went largely without notice.

• (recording): vinyl, record, platter

• bikini waxing
• Brazilian waxing
• hot waxing
• Persian waxing
• waxing die
• waxing iron
• waxing up

waxing

1. Alternative form of waxynge