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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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