wax

Speech parts

1. wax - Noun

2. wax - Adjective

3. wax - Verb

4. Wax - Proper noun

Meaning

To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.

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.

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.

Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.

Cerumen, or earwax.

A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.

A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.

A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.

A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.

Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.

To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mount rise polish increase burgeon develop build grow advance expand climb multiply swell beeswax heighten
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Antonyms

wane bate cut fall deflate contract
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Hypernyms

increase cover lipid lipoid lipide

Hyponyms

paraffin gain advance jump beeswax spermaceti

Phrases with the word

wax lyrical about wax palm the whole ball of wax wax light paste wax buffing wax

Derivatives

waxed waxen waxing

Examples

As two pieces of wax fused together make one so he who receives Holy Communion is so united with Christ that Christ is in him and he is in Christ. Cyril of Alexandria

As the print of the seal on the wax is the express image of the seal itself, so Christ is the express image - the perfect representation of God. Ambrose

Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand. Baruch Spinoza

We celebrated at the wax door, and all the time the honeycomb was empty within. Bantu Proverb

The law has a nose of wax. Czech Proverb

Laws have wax noses. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Wawona Wawota Wawrzyniak wax and wane wax apple wax bars