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to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number<the noise level waxed as more people flooded into the stadium>— see increase 2
2
to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction<waxing a surfboard>— see lubricate
3
to eventually have as a state or quality<waxed poetic whenever he wrote to his girlfriend>— see become
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