Synonyms:
waxing
Meaning: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon passes from new to full"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
waxing
Meaning: the application of wax to a surface
Usage examples
They must fell trees for fence-rails before noon, and in the waxing of the moon.
Lady Ongar, in the meantime, was expecting him, and was waxing angry and becoming bitter toward him because he came not.