wax in English dictionary

  • wax

    Meanings and definitions of "wax"

    • Beeswax.
    • Earwax.
    • Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
    • Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
    • A phonograph record.
    • Made of wax.
    • (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
    • (transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
    • (transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
    • (intransitive, with adjective) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
    • (intransitive, literary) To grow.
    • (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
    • (rare) The process of growing.
    • (dated, colloquial) An outburst of anger.
    • adjective
      Made of wax.
    • noun
      Beeswax.
    • noun
      Earwax.
    • noun
      Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
    • noun
      Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
    • noun
      (uncountable)
      The phonograph record format for music.
    • noun
      (US, dialect)
      A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
    • noun
      (US, slang)
      A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil
    • noun
      (dated, colloquial)
      An outburst of anger.
    • noun
      (rare)
      The process of growing.
    • verb
      (intransitive, with adjective)
      To increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.
    • verb
      (intransitive, literary)
      To grow.
    • verb
      (intransitive, of the moon)
      To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
    • verb
      (transitive, informal)
      To defeat utterly.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      To kill, especially to murder a person.
    • verb
      (transitive, archaic, usually of a musical or oral performance)
      To record. [from 1900]
    • oily, water-resistant substance
    • preparation containing wax, used as a polish
    • phonograph record
    • made of wax
    • apply wax to
    • remove hair from
    • to assume specified characteristic
    • literary: grow
    • of the moon: appear larger each night
    • process of growing
    • (For a living being) To become bigger.
    • wax (for polishing)
    • noun
      any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
    • verb
      cover with wax; "wax the car"
    • verb
      go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
    • verb
      increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"

    Synonyms of "wax" in English dictionary

    cover, lipid, rise are the top synonyms of "wax" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "wax" in English dictionary

    wane is the antonym of "wax" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of wax

    • wax ( third-person singular simple present waxes, present participle waxing, simple past and past participle waxed)
    • lm  liczba mnoga (brak)
    • wax ( uncountable)
    • wax ( plural  waxes)
    • wax ( not comparable)
    • wax (not comparable)
    • wax (countable and uncountable, plural waxes)
    • wax (plural waxes)
    • wax (uncountable)
    • wax (third-person singular simple present waxes, present participle waxing, simple past waxed or (archaic) wex, past participle waxed or (dialectal, archaic) waxen)
    • wax (third-person singular simple present waxes, present participle waxing, simple past and past participle waxed)
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