All waxing synonyms
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W w noun waxing
- defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- downthrow — a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
- thrashing — an act or instance of thrashing; beating; blow.
- subjugation — the act, fact, or process of subjugating, or bringing under control; enslavement: The subjugation of the American Indians happened across the country.
- ko — a knockout in boxing.
- step-up — effecting an increase.
- maturation — the act or process of maturating.
- optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
- nonsuccess — Absence of success; failure.
- whaling — the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- shutout — an act or instance of shutting out.
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- licking — a stroke of the tongue over something.
- unvanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- growth — the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
- rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- rout — a bellow.
- maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- waterloo — a village in central Belgium, south of Brussels: Napoleon decisively defeated here on June 18, 1815.
- insuccess — (archaic) Lack of success.
adjective waxing
- increscent — increasing or waxing, as the moon.
- increasing — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- growing — becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- crescive — increasing; growing
- enlarging — Present participle of enlarge.