NOUN (2)

1. the application of wax to a surface;

2. a gradual increase in magnitude or extent;
- Example: "the waxing of the moon"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases;
- Example: "the waxing moon passes from new to full"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wax \Wax\ (w[a^]ks), v. i. [imp. Waxed; p. p. Waxed, and
   Obs. or Poetic Waxen; p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.] [AS.
   weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan,
   G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. v[aum]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth.
   wahsjan, Gr. ? to increase, Skr. waksh, uksh, to grow.
   [root]135. Cf. Waist.]
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   1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or
      fuller; -- opposed to wane.
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            The waxing and the waning of the moon. --Hakewill.
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            Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.
                                                  --P. Plowman.
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   2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as,
      to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to
      wax old; to wax worse and worse.
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            Your clothes are not waxen old upon you. --Deut.
                                                  xxix. 5.
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            Where young Adonis oft reposes,
            Waxing well of his deep wound.        --Milton.
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   Waxing kernels (Med.), small tumors formed by the
      enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the
      groins of children; -- popularly so called, because
      supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --Dunglison.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wax \Wax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waxed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Waxing.]
   To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a
   thread or a table.
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   Waxed cloth, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a
      cover, of tables and for other purposes; -- called also
      wax cloth.

   Waxed end, a thread pointed with a bristle and covered with
      shoemaker's wax, used in sewing leather, as for boots,
      shoes, and the like; -- called also wax end. --Brockett.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

waxing
    adj 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" [ant: waning]
    n 1: the application of wax to a surface
    2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the
       moon" [ant: waning]