Antonyms for waxing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : wak-sing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwæk sɪŋ

Definition of waxing

Origin : "substance made by bees," Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wakhsan (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German wahs, Old Norse vax, Dutch was, German Wachs); cognate with Old Church Slavonic vasku, Lithuanian vaškas, Polish wosk, Russian vosk "wax" (but these may be from Germanic). Waxworks "exhibition of wax figures representing famous or notorious persons" first recorded 1796.

verb become large, fuller

Example sentences :

For, the power of the mother having waned, the power of the neighbour is waxing.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

Now sun and moon begin to mingle: waning and waxing splendors.
Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting

"It's been a bad business all round," he went on, waxing confidential as he was prone to do.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

And this is the reason for the waxing and waning of the moon.
Extract from : « The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India » by R. V. Russell

"Then she ought to keep to her own proper sphere," said I, waxing hot.
Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford

This bird is said to be thin when the moon wanes, and fat at the waxing of the moon.
Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

In the waxing yellow glow he turned his eyes to mine, and mine were big.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various

The directions for waxing will be found upon the cans in which the wax comes.
Extract from : « Mission Furniture » by H. H. Windsor

But, the sun now waxing high, they deemed it well to turn back.
Extract from : « The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio » by Giovanni Boccaccio

Directions for waxing are upon the cans in which the wax is bought.
Extract from : « Mission Furniture » by H. H. Windsor

Synonyms for waxing

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