waxed

wax ¹

 (wăks)

n.

1.

a. Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in nonpolar organic solvents.

b. Beeswax.

c. Earwax.

2.

a. A solid plastic or pliable liquid substance, such as ozocerite or paraffin, originating from petroleum and found in rock layers and used in paper coating, as insulation, in crayons, and often in medicinal preparations.

b. A preparation containing wax used for polishing floors and other surfaces.

3. A resinous mixture used by shoemakers to rub on thread.

4. A cosmetic procedure in which facial or body hair is removed by peeling away a layer of wax that has been allowed to harden.

adj.

Made of wax: a wax candle.

tr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es

1. To coat, treat, or polish with wax.

2.

a. To remove (facial or body hair) by covering the skin with a layer of wax that is peeled off after hardening, uprooting the encased hairs.

b. To remove hair from (a portion of the body) by this method.

Idiom:

on wax

Informal In the medium of phonograph recordings.

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[Middle English, from Old English weax.]

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wax ²

 (wăks)

intr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es

1. To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity: "His love affair with Mrs. Bernstein waxed and waned and waxed again" (C. Hugh Holman).

2. To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full.

3.

a. To grow or become as specified: "His very body had waxed old in lowly service of the Lord" (James Joyce).

b. To speak or write as specified: "[He] warmed to his most favorite of subjects, waxed eloquent, gained in his face a glow of passion" (Paul J. Willis).

Phrasal Verb:

wax on

To speak or write at length about something: "Mason waxed on and on about the old days" (Jennifer Cruisie).

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[Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]

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wax ³

 (wăks)

n. Chiefly British

A fit of anger: "All at once you would suddenly find yourself reverting to childish attitudes, flaring up in a wax with some fellow" (Frank O'Connor).

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[Perhaps from wax (as in archaic to wax angry, to grow angry).]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

waxed - treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache" unwaxed - not waxed; "the unwaxed floor"

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Translations

مُشَمَّع، مَطْلي بالشَّمْع

vokspapir

ciré

viaszos

vaxborinn

voks-vokset

voskovaný

mumluyağlı

涂蜡的

waxed

[wækst] ADJ [paper] → encerado; [jacket] → impermeabilizado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

waxed

adj → gewachst; moustache → gewichst; waxed cotton → gewachster Baumwollstoff; waxed paper → Wachspapier nt; waxed jacket → Wachsjacke f

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wax¹

(wӕks) noun

1. the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax. was شَمْع восък cera vosk das Wachs bivoks κερίcera vaha موم vaha cireשעווה मोम vosak viasz malam (bÿflugna)vax cerume 密ろう 밀랍(蜜蠟) vaškas vasks lilin wasvokswosk موم ژاوله، دغوږ خيرې: لاك cera ceară воск vosk vosek vosak bivax ขี้ผึ้ง bal mumu 蜂蠟 віск شہد کی مکھیوں کا لعاب جس سب وہ چھتا بناتی ہیں sáp ong 蜂蜡

2. the sticky, yellowish substance formed in the ears. was شَمْع الأذُن ушна кал cera ušní maz das Ohrenschmalz ørevoks κυψελίδα cera kõrvavaik چرك گوش vaikku cireשעווה कान की मैल cerumen, ušna maz fülzsír kerak telinga eyrnamergur cera 耳あか 귀지 siera sērs (ausī) tahi telinga oorsmeerørevoks woskowina موم cera cerumen ушная сера ušný maz ušesno maslo vosak öronvax ขี้หู kulak kiri 耳垢 вушна сірка کان کے اندر خارج ہونے والا مادہ ráy tai 耳垢

3. a manufactured, fatty substance used in polishing, to give a good shine. furniture wax. was مادَّةٌ شَمْعِيَّه لِتَلْميع الأثاث блясък cera vosk das Wachs voks; -voks παρκετίνη cera poonimisvaha واكس vaha cireשעווה चमकीला बनाने के लिए इस्तेमाल में आने वाला पदार्थ vosak fényező poles gljávax, bón cera ワックス 왁스 vaškas, politūra vasks; spodrināšanas ziede pengilat boenwas polerings-/boningsmiddel politura ژاوله cera ceară de mobilă полироль vosk vosek vosak möbel-, bonvax ยาขัดเงา cilâ 上光蠟 віск لءی sáp để đánh bóng 上光蜡

4. (also adjective) (also ˈcandle-wax) (of) a substance made from paraffin, used in making candles, models etc, that melts when heated. a wax model. was شَمْعي، مَصْنوع من الشَّمْع восък cera voskový das Wachs, Wachs-... voks; voks- κερί, κέρινος cera küünlavaha پارافين vaha- cireשעווה मोम vosak, voštani viasz lilin kertavax cera; di cera* ろう 초의 재료 vaško vasks lilin wasvokswosk ژاوله cera de/în ceară воск; восковои voskový vosek; voščen voštani vax เทียนขี้ผึ้ง mum 蠟的 свічний парафін موم sáp để làm nến 蜡的

5. sealing-wax. was شَمْع الخَتْم червен восък lacre pečetní vosk der Siegellack segllak βουλοκέρι lacre pitserivaha لاك مخصوص مهر و موم sinettilakka cire à cacheterשעווה लाख pečatni vosak pecsétviasz lak innsiglunarvax ceralacca 封ろう 봉랍(封蠟) lakas zīmoglaka lilin zegellaksegllakk lak د موم څخه جوړ شوي لاك lacre ceară pentru sigilii сургуч pečatný vosk pečatni vosek vosak za pečat sigillack ครั่งสำหรับประทับตราเอกสาร mühür mumu 封蠟 сургуч گوند xi gắn 蜡封

verb

to smear, polish or rub with wax. was يَصْقُل بالشَّمْع намазвам с восък encerar voskovat wachsen vokse παρκετάρωencerar vahatama واكس زدن vahata cirer לִמרוֹחַ שַעֲווָה मोम लगाना premazati voskom fényesít memoles vaxbera, bóna incerare, dare la cera* ろうを塗る 밀랍(왁스)을 먹이다 vaškuoti []vaskot menggilap met was behandelen smøre, polere, bone woskować غټيدل، لوبيدل، زيانتيدل (لكه په زور، علم، شمير، سپوږمى): كيدل encerar a ce­rui вощить voskovať navoščiti voskirati vaxa, bona, polera ขัดด้วยขี้ผึ้ง cilâlamak 用蠟拋光 вощити موم کی تہ لگانا đánh bóng bằng sáp 用蜡抛光

waxed adjective

having a coating of wax. waxed paper. wasbedek مُشَمَّع، مَطْلي بالشَّمْع восъчна хартия encerado voskovaný Wachs-... vokspapir αλειμμένος με κερί encerado vaha- واكسي vahapintainen ciré מכוסה שעווה मोम लगा voštani viaszos berlapis lilin vaxborinn paraffinato ろう引きの 밀랍을 바른 vaškinis, vaškuotas vaska-; vaskots disaluti lilin was- voks-, vokset woskowany واکسی encerado cerat вощёный voskovaný voščen voskiran vaxad ที่เคลือบด้วยขี้ผึ้ง yağlı, mumlu 塗蠟的 навощений موم کی تہ لگا ہوا bôi sáp 涂蜡的

ˈwaxen, ˈwaxy adjective

wasagtig شَمْعي восъчен de cera / feito de cera voskový wie Wachs voksagtig; bleg κέρινος de cera, céreo vahane رنگ پريده vahamainen cireux עַשׂוּי שַעֲווָה मोमी voštan, gladak viaszból való berlilin vaxkenndur, eins og vax di cera, cereo ろうの 밀랍으로 된 vaškinis, vaškuotas, vaško vaska-; vaskots yang diperbuat seperti lilin, seperti lilin wassenvoksaktig, –blek woskowy دمومو، مومى: موم ډوله، موم وزمه، نرم de cera de ceară восковой voskový voščen voštan gjord av vax, vaxartad, vaxlik ทำด้วยขี้ผึ้ง; ทาด้วยขี้ผึ้ง mumlu 蠟製的 восковий مومی giống như sáp 蜡制的

ˈwaxwork noun

a wax model (usually of a well-known person). waswerk, wasmodel تِمثال من الشَّمْع восъчен модел figura de cera vosková figurína die Wachsfigur voksfigur κέρινο ομοίωμα figura de cera vahakuju مجسمه مومي vahanukke statue en cire דְמוּיוֹת שַעֲווָה प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति का मोम का पुतला बनाना voštana figura viaszfigura patung lilin vaxmynd (modello/statua di cera) ろう人形 밀랍 인형 vaško figūra vaska figūra patung daripada lilin wassen beeld voksfigur/-arbeid figura woskowa له مومو جوړه شوې مجسمه، دموم دمجسمو نندارتون figura de cera statuetă/figură de ceară восковая фигура vosková figurína voščena figura voštana figura vaxfigur หุ่นขี้ผึ้ง balmumu heykel 蠟像 воскова фігура مشہور شخصیتوں کے مومی مجسمے thuật nặn hình bằng sáp 蜡像

ˈwaxworks noun plural

an exhibition of such models. wasmodeluitstalling مُتْحَف تَماثيل الشَّمْع изложба на восъчни фигури museu de cera muzeum voskových figurín das Wachsfigurenkabinett vokskabinet μουσείο κέρινων ομοιωμάτων museo de cera vahakujude näitus گاري مجسمه هاي مومي vahakabinetti musée de cire תַעֲרוַּכת דְמוּיוֹת שַעֲווָה प्रसिद्ध व्यक्ति का मोम का पुतलों की प्रदर्शनी izložba voštanih figura panoptikum pameran patung lilin vaxmyndasÿning/-safn (museo delle cere) ろう人形の展示 밀랍 인형관 vaško figūros vaska figūru izstāde pameran patung model lilin wassenbeeldententoonstelling vokskabinett gabinet figur woskowych د مومو څخه جوړي شوي مجسمي museu de cera muzeul figurilor de ceară галерея восковых фигур múzeum voskových figurín razstava voščenih figur izložba voštanih figura vaxkabinett นิทรรศการหุ่นขี้ผึ้ง bal mumu heykel/mumya müzesi 蠟像陳列館 галерея воскових фігур ایسے مجسموں کی نماءش triển lãm sản phẩm làm từ sáp 蜡像陈列馆

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