Definition of "wax"
- noun
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.
The process of growing.
An outburst of anger.
- adjective
Made of wax.
- verb
To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
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.
To defeat utterly.
To kill, especially to murder a person.
To increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.
To grow.
To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
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