wax

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.2.2 Adjective 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.2.3 Translations 1.2.3 Verb 1.2.3.1 Synonyms 1.2.3.2 Derived terms 1.2.3.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Quotations 1.3.1.2 Antonyms 1.3.1.3 Derived terms 1.3.1.4 Related terms 1.3.1.5 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Derived terms 1.3.2.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.5 See also

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wăks, IPA: /wæks/, SAMPA: /w{ks/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æks

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• (in accents with the wine-whine merger) whacks

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English wæx, from Germanic *waxsan, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯okso-. Cognate with Dutch was, German Wachs, Norwegian voks; and with Lithuanian vaškas, Russian воск

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wax (plural waxes)

1. Beeswax.
2. Earwax.
3. Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
4. Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
5. A phonograph record.

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• (beeswax): beeswax
• (earwax): cerumen (medical term), earwax
• (polish): polish
• (phonograph record): disc/disk, record

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wax (not comparable)

1. Made of wax.

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• waxen

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See under the noun section above

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to wax (third-person singular simple present waxes, present participle waxing, simple past and past participle waxed)

1. (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
2. (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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• (apply wax to): polish

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• waxed
• waxen
• waxer
• waxing
• wax up

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English weaxan, from Germanic *waxsan, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯egs-. Cognate with Old Norse vaxa (Danish vokse (spelling before the writing reform of 1948: voxe), Norwegian vokse, Swedish växa), German wachsen, Dutch wassen, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan); and with Ancient Greek ἀέξειν, Latin auxilium. It is in its turn cognate with augeo. See eke.

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to wax (third-person singular simple present waxes or (archaic) waxeth, present participle waxing, simple past waxed or (rare) wex, past participle waxed or waxen)

1. (intransitive, literary) To grow.
2. (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
3. (intransitive) To become.

   to wax lyrical

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• 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 1, sc. 3, lines 11-14,

  For nature, crescent, does not grow alone

  In thews and bulks, but, as this temple waxes,

  The inward service of the mind and soul

  Grows wide withal.

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• (grow): wane
• (of the moon): wane

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outwaxing over-wax, overwax thorough-wax, thoroughwax, thorow-wax through-waxen unwax

wax and wane waxen wax forth wax in age

wax in eld waxing wax lyrical wax to man's estate

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• forthwax
• forwax
• packwax, paxwax, paxwaxy
• taxwax
• woadwaxen, woad-waxen, wood-wax, wood-waxen, woodwax, woodwaxen

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wax (uncountable)

1. (rare) The process of growing.

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• wax-kernel
• waxless

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[edit] Etymology 3

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[edit] Noun

wax (plural waxes)

1. An outburst of anger.

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• waxy

[edit] See also

• waxen-kernel
• waxloke