All wax antonyms

verb wax

• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• abridge — to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• compress — When you compress something or when it compresses, it is pressed or squeezed so that it takes up less space.
• contract — A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• lessen — to become less.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• slump — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.