Spread
Spread verb - To become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number.
Usage example: dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly
Wax
Wax verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
Usage example: the commitment of the young volunteers to the cause seems to wax and wane
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| philosophy | spread philosophy | wax philosophy |
| legs | spread legs | wax legs |
Both words in one sentence
- The final episode begins with the failure of a beetle swarm to show up and check the spread of a form of creeper vine because their breeding ground was destroyed to make a wax-fruit factory.
Source: Downer Ending / Live-Action TV
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