waxing

Other forms of waxing

plural

waxings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about waxing

What does waxing mean?

waxing means "the application of wax to a surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in waxing?

waxing has 2 syllables: wax-ing. The stress falls on "wax". In IPA it is /ˈwæksɪŋ/.

What is the opposite of waxing?

The recorded antonyms are waning, waning.

Is waxing a common word?

waxing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.