wax

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Beeswax
Earwax

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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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Singular
wax

Plural
waxes

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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wax (not comparable)

Positive
wax

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

  1. Made of wax.

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Infinitive
to wax

Third person singular
waxes

Simple past
waxed

Past participle
waxed

Present participle
waxing

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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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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Infinitive
to wax

Third person singular
waxes or (archaic) waxeth

Simple past
waxed or (rare) wex

Past participle
waxed or waxen

Present participle
waxing

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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Singular
wax

Plural
uncountable

wax (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The process of growing.

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Singular
wax

Plural
waxes

wax (plural waxes)

  1. An outburst of anger.

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