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• n  the application of wax to a surface
• n  a gradual increase in magnitude or extent
  the waxing of the moon
• v  cover with wax
• v  go up or advance
• v  increase in phase
  the moon is waxing
• a  (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases
  the waxing moon passes from new to full

• wax
• mount
• climb
• rise
• full

• waning
• wane

News & Articles

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• Astrophotos: Crescent Moon, Mercury and Venus Together in the Sky
  Last night (June 10, 2013) the two innermost worlds of our Solar System visible were joined by a very slender waxing crescent Moon, just over two days after New phase (see our preview of the event here). Several of our readers managed to capture this beautiful twilight triple conjunction. Our lead image is from Adrian [...]
  June 11, 2013 - Universe Today
• Media : WATCH: Prisoners Belt It Out In Hanni El Khatib’s Newest Video For “Penny”
    We knew from the minute that we first listened to Hanni El Khatib 's newest album, Head In The Dirt , that the " Penny " was going to be a serious hit.   Now from the looks of this new music video for the infectious track, it seems like even inmates can't get that killer organ line out of their heads. Check out the video full of prisoners waxing poetic about the small piece of copper above.
  June 11, 2013 - Filter Magazine
• Local news and sports reporting covering Niles, Dowagiac, Cassopolis, Edwardsburg, Cass County, Berrien County in ...
  Santa always came second on Christmas morning. Opal Vandenburg insisted on mopping and waxing the floor of Opal’s Food Mart before her children could open presents.
  June 10, 2013 - Niles Daily Star

Quotes

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• Jerry Sloan in USA Today
  I was disappointed with the way we started the game. They did a terrific job of just waxing us,Utah coach Jerry Sloan said.
• Eli Roth in FOXNews
  When I was in film school everyone else was waxing on and on about the importance of Jean Renoir and Godard, and while I respect those directors, I spent all my spare time watching Andy Sidaris and John Carpenter films,Roth says. "I'd put...
• Kate Hudson in AFP
  I don't even remember the last time I got a manicure,said Hudson, who has a four-year-old son, Ryder, with her ex-husband, Black Crowes front-man Chris Robinson. "I even got to the point where I started waxing my own legs because I don't...