waxing

waxing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæksɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æksɪŋ

Verb

waxing

1. present participle and gerund of wax

Antonyms

• waning

Derived terms

• waxing kernel

Noun

waxing (countable and uncountable, plural waxings)

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

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

   • 2006, Mary Lou Lyon, Early Cupertino, p. 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, p. 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]

Synonyms

• (recording): vinyl, record, platter

Derived terms

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

Translations

the action of the verb to wax

Danish: voksning c Finnish: vahaus (fi) Norwegian: Bokmål: voksing (no) m or f Nynorsk: voksing f Portuguese: enceramento m

cosmetic procedure

Chinese: Mandarin: 熱蠟除毛／热蜡除毛 (rèlà chúmáo), 美蠟脫毛／美蜡脱毛 (měilà tuōmáo) Danish: voksning c Finnish: vahaus (fi) French: épilation à la cire f, waxing (fr) m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Wachsen (de) n, Waxing n Japanese: ワックス脱毛 (wakkusu datsumō) Norwegian: Bokmål: voksing (no) m or f Nynorsk: voksing f Portuguese: depilação com cera f Russian: воскова́я эпиля́ция f (voskovája epiljácija), вакса́ция (ru) f (vaksácija), ва́ксинг (ru) m (váksing) Turkish: ağda (tr)

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Middle English

Noun

waxing

1. Alternative form of waxynge