"waxing moon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: waxing moons [plural]
Etymology: From waxing + moon. Compare Middle English wexinge of the mone, þe waxyng of moone, waxinge of þe mone, wexinge of þe mone (literally “(the) waxing of the moon”). Etymology templates: {{af|en|waxing|moon|nocat=1}} waxing + moon, {{cog|enm|wexinge of the mone}} Middle English wexinge of the mone, {{m|enm|þe waxyng of moone}} þe waxyng of moone, {{m|enm|waxinge of þe mone}} waxinge of þe mone, {{m|enm|wexinge of þe mone|lit=(the) waxing of the moon}} wexinge of þe mone (literally “(the) waxing of the moon”) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=waxing moon}} waxing moon (plural waxing moons)
  1. A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears larger each night as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon: a moon in any of the increasing lunar phases. Categories (topical): Moon Related terms: crescent moon Coordinate_terms: full moon, new moon, old moon Translations (The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon): tiltagende måne (Danish), wassende maan [feminine] (Dutch), kasvava kuu (Finnish), yläkuu (Finnish), cuarto crecente [masculine] (Galician), abalo [masculine] (Galician), enchente [masculine] (Galician), ზრდადი მთვარე (zrdadi mtvare) (Georgian), zunehmender Mond [masculine] (German), luna crescente [feminine] (Italian), fase di novilunio [feminine] (Italian), congiunzione [feminine] (Italian), luna crescens [feminine] (Latin), هلال افزاینده (helâl-e afzâyande) (Persian), lua crescente [feminine] (Portuguese), luna creciente [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-waxing_moon-en-noun-oskQ-t26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "word": "zunehmender Mond"
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          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "word": "luna crescente"
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          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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          "word": "fase di novilunio"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "congiunzione"
        },
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          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
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      "word": "wassende maan"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "word": "kasvava kuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "word": "yläkuu"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cuarto crecente"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "abalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enchente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zrdadi mtvare",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "word": "ზრდადი მთვარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zunehmender Mond"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luna crescente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fase di novilunio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "congiunzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luna crescens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "helâl-e afzâyande",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "word": "هلال افزاینده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lua crescente"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The moon as it progresses from a new moon to a full moon",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "luna creciente"
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