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How to pronounce waxing in English?

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Type Words
Type of increase
Derivation wax


the waxing of the moon.
Type Words
Type of application, coating, covering
Derivation wax
Type Words


the waxing moon passes from new to full.

Examples of waxing

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Waxing plays kick drum with his feet while his fingers work a guitar or a banjo.
From the kentucky.com
As usual, he wasn't too interested in waxing poetic about his personal exploits.
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If you let it grow for 30 days it's a lot easier to get a complete, full waxing.
From the timesunion.com
Some of you fans waxing lyrical about Frimpong as if he is some kind of saviour.
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Amid the waxing, I looked down at my paper cup of coffee from Sarabeth's Bakery.
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An Afghan man sits on a hill next to the waxing moon in Kabul December 30, 2009.
From the boston.com
That science is waning and media studies waxing in the curricular sky is a fact.
From the newscientist.com
I couldn't help but flash back to your waxing scene from The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
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So far so good, but the context is a grown man waxing about his love for teenies.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
  • Cover with wax; "wax the car"
  • Go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
  • Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"
  • (waxed) treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache"
  • (waxing) the application of wax to a surface
  • Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are hydrophobic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids, typically with melting points above about 40u00A0u00B0C (104u00A0u00B0F), melting to give low viscosity liquids. Waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in organic, nonpolar solvents...
  • Waqas Saeed, also known as "Wax", (Celebrity Wax) is a British Radio presenter and is currently broadcasting on BBC Asian Network. He was born in Manchester on 22 February and studied at the University of Bedfordshire. ...
  • Wax Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is the first independent feature film to have been edited on a digital non-linear system. It is also the first film (independent or otherwise) to have been re-formatted as hypertext and posted on the Internet. ...