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waxing

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How to pronounce waxing

verb

IPA: /ˈwæksɪŋ/

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The correct spelling is waxing. To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

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Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
  2. 2.To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
  3. 3.To defeat utterly.
  4. 4.To kill, especially to murder a person.
  5. 5.(usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.

noun

  1. 1.The action of the verb to wax.
  2. 2.A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
  3. 3.A recording intended for a phonograph.

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