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Word: wax (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Made of wax.

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Noun:

  • An outburst of anger.
  • Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
  • Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
  • A phonograph record.
  • Beeswax.
  • Earwax.
  • rare The process of growing.

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Verb:

  • literary To grow.
  • of the moon To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
  • with adjective To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
  • slang To kill, especially to murder a person.
  • 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.

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