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Definition of 'wax'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) wax
any of various similar substances, as spermaceti or the secretions of certain insects and plants.

2.  wax
any of a group of substances composed of hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, and esters that are solid at ordinary temperatures.

3.  wax
cerumen; earwax.

4.  wax
a resinous substance used by shoemakers for rubbing thread.

5. (v.t.) wax
to rub, polish, etc., with wax.

6. (adj.) wax
pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax.

7. (v.i.) wax
to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.

8.  wax
(of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon.

9.  wax
to grow or become:
to wax resentful.

10. (Brit.) wax
a fit of anger.

Etymology: (1850–55)

Definition of 'wax'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) wax
any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

2. (verb) wax
cover with wax
"wax the car"

3. (verb) wax, mount, climb, rise
go up or advance
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

4. (verb) wax, full
increase in phase
"the moon is waxing"

Definition of 'wax'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) wax
a substance used to make candles
a figure made of wax

2. (verb) wax
to remove hair by pulling them out using warm wax
to wax your legs/arms/chest

Definition of 'wax'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) wax
a fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow

2. (noun) wax
hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance

3. (noun) wax
cerumen, or earwax

4. (noun) wax
a waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc

5. (noun) wax
a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread

6. (noun) wax
a substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below

7. (noun) wax
a waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable

8. (noun) wax
a substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite

9. (noun) wax
thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling

10. (verb) wax
to increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane

11. (verb) wax
to pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse

12. (verb) wax
to smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table

Translation of 'wax'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax.
Afrikaans: was	Arabic: شَمْع	Bulgarian: восък
Brazilian: cera	Czech: vosk	German: das Wachs
Danish: bivoks	Greek: κερί	Spanish: cera
Estonian: vaha	Farsi: موم	Finnish: vaha
French: cire	Hebrew: שַעֲווָה	Hindi: मोम
Croatian: vosak	Hungarian: viasz	Indonesian: malam
Icelandic: (bÿflugna)vax	Italian: cerume	Japanese: 密ろう
Korean: 밀랍(蜜蠟)	Lithuanian: vaškas	Latvian: vasks
Malay: lilin	Dutch: was	Norwegian: voks
Polish: wosk	Persian: موم	Pashto: موم ژاوله، دغوږ خيرې: لاك
Portuguese: cera	Romanian: ceară	Russian: воск
Slovak: vosk	Slovenian: vosek	Serbian: vosak
Swedish: bivax	Thai: ขี้ผึ้ง	Turkish: bal mumu
Taiwanese: 蜂蠟	Ukrainian: віск	Urdu: شہد کی مکھیوں کا لعاب جس
Vietnamese: sáp ong	Chinese: 蜂蜡
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