Wax v. i. [imp. Waxed p. p. Waxed, and Obs. or Poetic Waxen p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing.]
 1. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
    The waxing and the waning of the moon.   --Hakewill.
    Truth's treasures . . . never shall wax ne wane.   --P. Plowman.
 2. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
    Your clothes are not waxen old upon you.   --Deut. xxix. 5.
 Where young Adonis oft reposes,
 Waxing well of his deep wound.   --Milton.
 Waxing kernels Med., small tumors formed by the enlargement of the lymphatic glands, especially in the groins of children; -- popularly so called, because supposed to be caused by growth of the body. --Dunglison.