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wax English

Meaning wax meaning

What does wax mean?
Definitions in simple English

wax Noun

— Wax is a solid material made of animal fat. A candle is made of wax and a thick thread and has a flame on top.

wax Verb

— If you wax something, you put wax on it, for example, a car. She waxed her car to make the paint shine brightly. — When something waxes, it means that it gets bigger and becomes more full. As the moon changes from a new moon to a full moon, it is said to be waxing.

wax

— noun any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water — verb cover with wax wax the car — verb (= climb) go up or advance Sales were climbing after prices were lowered — verb increase in phase the moon is waxing

Synonyms wax synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as wax?

wax English » English

grow beeswax polish increase candle accrue tallow rise mount full augment varnish thrive swell suet prosper progress lacker heighten grease get flourish earwax develop climb cerumen cere become amplify aggrandize worn out waxy simoniz waxy waxing vegetate step up stem spoilt ski wax shine shaver rub row razor raise proliferate process of waxing oil mutton fat multiply

Topics wax topics

What do people use wax to talk about?
Universe, creation World Solid, liquid, gas

Oil
Person Body Head

Ear
Daily life Fire

Fireplace
Daily life Cleaning

Sweep, rake
Work and occupation Hunt and fish

Beekeeping
States Quality Light Shine

Light source
Daily life Fire

Fuel
Universe, creation Sky Sun

Moon
Universe, creation Animal

Animal home

Conjugation wax conjugation

How do you conjugate wax?

wax · verb

Examples wax examples

How do I use wax in a sentence?

Simple sentences

What do you use to pick wax out of your ears?
Wax the floor.
I'm going to wax my car tomorrow afternoon.
Oh luck! Like the moon you change; steadily you wax and then wane again.
Mary got a bikini wax.
This wax sculpture is very realistic.
Icarus tried to fly too high and flew too near to the sun. The wings of wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the ocean.
Daedalus was an engineer who was imprisoned by King Minos. With his son, Icarus, he made wings of wax and feathers.
He obliged Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her little foot, he found it went on very easily, and fitted her as if it had been made of wax.
Tom sealed the letter with wax.
Tom sealed the letter with wax using his signet ring.
Mary's best friend got a Brazilian bikini wax.
There is wax on the carpet.
How often do you wax your skis?

Movie subtitles

To escape the seductive call of the sirens, Ulysses blocks the ears of his companions with wax,.and has himself tied to the mast of the ship.
The wax is ready for your seal, Caesar.
Excellence, the wax is cooling.
That's the wax paper.
Take the wax from your ears.
Old do I wax, and from my weary limbs honour is cudgelled.
A straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon.
For, to the noble mind, rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
If hell can rise up in a matron's bones, to flaming youth let virtue be as wax.
A few drops of fish oil on the nose wax now, apothecary.
A man records it on a big record in wax but you have to talk into the mike first.
Who cares a hang about history in wax?
To you, they're wax.
Real hair of the proper color and texture. is pressed into the slightly warmed wax with a scalpel. one hair at a time.
It's made of wax!
You wax-eater!
That wax-eater of yours is no different.
Wax that mustache! Police ride for free today!
Is this the wax-works?
Pewter rubs off easily and there is evidence of wax drippings but what particularly concerns us Watson is the furniture.
The inner one made of wax paper, the outer with silver paper.
This gas was loaded with wax. Sabotage.
Well, real hair of the proper color and texture is pressed into the slightly warmed wax with a scalpel one hair at a time.
But, tell me, where did you begin to model in wax?
I felt I could reproduce the warmth and flesh and blood of life. far more better in wax than in cold stone.
There's a wax museum opening on 14th Street.
I got a look at that dump a while ago. and if they don't have a wax figure of Joan Gale, then I'm crazy.
Somebody swipes the body, takes the impression. makes a mold, produces a wax figure, peddles it to the old skate there. Work that up into a comic strip and syndicate it.
He's a statue. A silly wax statue.
It was Igor at the Wax Museum.
No. It was Igor at the Wax Museum.
You'll find your judge embalmed in wax!
Your face. was of wax.
In a few minutes, the container will have filled with wax.
His face went as pale as wax.
Remnants of wax cloth can be turned into a giraffe.

News and current affairs

But he has kept that last episode on the books, and he continues to wax traditional about homosexuality.
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