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unwaxing

unwaxing is the present participle and gerund of unwax.

Meaning of unwax

Verb

unwax (third-person singular simple present unwaxes, present participle unwaxing, simple past and past participle unwaxed)

  1. (transitive) To remove wax from.
    • On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears.2011, Catherine Lim, The Bondmaid

Questions about unwaxing

What is unwaxing the present participle and gerund of?
Unwaxing is the present participle and gerund of unwax.

Words near unwaxing in the dictionary

  1. unwaveringness
  2. unwaving
  3. unwax
  4. unwaxed
  5. unwaxes
  6. unwaxing
  7. unwaxy
  8. unwayed
  9. unwayward
  10. unweakened
  11. unweal

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