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The Meaning of wax
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(v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
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(v. i.) 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.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
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(n.) Cerumen, or earwax.
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(n.) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
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(n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
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(n.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
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(n.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
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(n.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
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(n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.
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(v. t.) To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
Synonyms
mount
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climb
,
rise
,
full
Antonyms
wane
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wane
Homophones
wacks
,
whacks
Rhymes
acts
,
ajax
,
antitax
,
attacks
,
ax
,
axe
,
backes
,
backs
,
bax
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blacks
,
borax
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climax
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contacts
,
cracks
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dacs
,
dax
,
earwax
,
facts
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fairfax
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fax
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filofax
,
flax
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galax
,
hacks
,
halifax
,
imax
,
impacts
,
jaques
,
knacks
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knick-knacks
,
lacks
,
lax
,
lomax
,
maces
,
macks
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macs
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max
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mesothorax
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metathorax
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neoax
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overtax
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packs
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pacs
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pacts
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parallax
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pax
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plaques
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pretax
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racks
,
rax
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relax
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sachs
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sacks
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sacs
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saks
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sax
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saxe
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slacks
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smacks
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snacks
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stacks
,
surtax
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syntax
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tacks
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tax
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tracks
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wacks
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whacks
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yax
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zacks