wax 1 (w ks)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. Cerumen. 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 phonograph record. 5. Something suggestive of wax in being impressionable or readily molded. adj. Made of wax: a wax candle. tr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es Idiom: 1. To coat, treat, or polish with wax. 2. Informal To make a phonograph record of. on wax In the medium of phonograph recordings. [Middle English, from Old English weax.] |
| wax 2 (wks) intr.v. waxed, wax·ing, wax·es 1. To increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity. 2. To show a progressively larger illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from new to full. 3. To grow or become as specified: "could afford ... to wax sentimental over their heritage" (John Simon). [Middle English waxen, from Old English weaxan; see aug- in Indo-European roots.] |
wax1
n
1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of various viscous or solid materials of natural origin: characteristically lustrous, insoluble in water, and having a low softening temperature, they consist largely of esters of fatty acids
2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of various similar substances, such as paraffin wax or ozocerite, that have a mineral origin and consist largely of hydrocarbons
3. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) short for beeswax, sealing wax
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol another name for cerumen
5. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a resinous preparation used by shoemakers to rub on thread
(Medicine / Pharmacology)
bone wax a mixture of wax, oil, and carbolic acid applied to the cut surface of a bone to prevent bleeding
7. any substance or object that is pliable or easily moulded he was wax in the hands of the political bosses
8. (modifier) made of or resembling wax a wax figure
9. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) the act or an instance of removing body hair by coating it with warm wax, applying a strip or fabric, and then remvoing the fabric sharply, thereby plucking the hairs out by their roots
10. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) to remove (body hair) by means of a wax treatment
vb
(tr) to coat, polish, etc., with wax
[Old English weax, related to Old Saxon, Old High German wahs, Old Norse vax]
waxer n
waxlike adj
wax2
vb (intr)
1. to become larger, more powerful, etc.
2. (Astronomy) (of the moon) to show a gradually increasing portion of illuminated surface, between new moon and full moon Compare wane [1]
3. Archaic to become as specified the time waxed late
[Old English weaxan; related to Old Frisian waxa, Old Saxon, Old High German wahsan, Gothic wahsjan]
wax3
n
Brit informal old-fashioned a fit of rage or temper he's in a wax today
[of obscure origin; perhaps from the phrase to wax angry]
| wax (wks) Any of various solid, usually yellow substances that melt or soften easily when heated. They are similar to fats, but are less greasy and more brittle. Naturally occurring animal and plant waxes are esters of saturated fatty acids and alcohols of high molecular weight, including sterols. Waxes are also manufactured synthetically from petroleum, and are used to make polishers, lubricants, coatings, waterproofing, crayons, candles, and many other products. |
Wax
1. the art or process of writing or engraving on wax.
2. Rare. the art or process of making paintings with colors mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat; encaustic painting. — cerographist, n. — cero-graphic, cerographical, adj.
2. Rare. the art or process of making paintings with colors mixed with beeswax and fixed with heat; encaustic painting. — cerographist, n. — cero-graphic, cerographical, adj.
a form of divination involving dropping melted wax into water.
the art of modeling with wax. — ceroplastic, adj.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  wax - any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in waterbayberry tallow, bayberry wax - a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles carnauba, carnauba wax - hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes candelilla wax - a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs ceresin - a white wax extracted from ozokerite floor wax - a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors fig wax, gondang wax - a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree Japan tallow, Japan wax - a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes lipid, lipide, lipoid - an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates) montan wax - a hard wax obtained from lignite pisang wax - a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain paraffin scale, scale wax - partly refined paraffin wax ski wax - wax used on the bottom of skis beeswax - a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs paraffin, paraffin wax - from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings spermaceti - a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale vegetable wax - a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms) lac wax, shellac wax - a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol |
| Verb | 1. |  wax - cover with wax; "wax the car" beeswax - cover with beeswax; "Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| 2. | wax - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" jump - increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped overnight" increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" wane - become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned" | |
| 3. | wax - increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased" wane - decrease in phase; "the moon is waning" |
wax
verb
1. increase, rise, grow, develop, mount, expand, swell, enlarge, fill out, magnify, get bigger, dilate, become larger Portugal and Spain had vast empires which waxed and waned.
increase contract, decline, narrow, fade, shrink, diminish, decrease, dwindle, lessen, wane
increase contract, decline, narrow, fade, shrink, diminish, decrease, dwindle, lessen, wane
2. become fuller, become larger, enlarge, get bigger One should plant seeds and cuttings when the moon is waxing.
Translations
wax1 [wæks]
wax2 [wæks] VI [moon] → crecer
to wax and wane → crecer y decrecer
to wax enthusiastic (o.f. or hum) → entusiasmarse
to wax eloquent about sth → ponerse elocuente acerca de algo
see also lyrical
B. ADJ → de cera
C. VT [+ furniture, car] → encerar
wax2 [wæks] VI [moon] → crecer
to wax and wane → crecer y decrecer
to wax enthusiastic (o.f. or hum) → entusiasmarse
to wax eloquent about sth → ponerse elocuente acerca de algo
see also lyrical
wax [ˈwæks]
wax:
wax:
wax1
wax2
wax bean
n (US) → Wachsbohne f
wax candle
n → Wachskerze f
wax doll
n → Wachspuppe f
wax:
wax museum
n (esp US) → Wachsfigurenkabinett nt
wax paper
n → Wachspapier nt
waxwork
n → Wachsfigur f
waxworks
n sing or pl → Wachsfigurenkabinett nt
wax1
wax2
wax1 [wæks]
wax1 [wæks]
wax2 [wæks] vi (moon) → crescere
to wax enthusiastic → diventare entusiasta
to wax eloquent about sth → diventare infervorato/a nel parlare di qc
wax2 [wæks] vi (moon) → crescere
to wax enthusiastic → diventare entusiasta
to wax eloquent about sth → diventare infervorato/a nel parlare di qc
2. adj → di cera
3. vt (furniture, car) → dare la cera a; (skis) → sciolinare
wax1 [wæks]
2. adj → di cera
3. vt (furniture, car) → dare la cera a; (skis) → sciolinare
wax2 [wæks] vi (moon) → crescere
to wax enthusiastic → diventare entusiasta
to wax eloquent about sth → diventare infervorato/a nel parlare di qc
wax2 [wæks] vi (moon) → crescere
to wax enthusiastic → diventare entusiasta
to wax eloquent about sth → diventare infervorato/a nel parlare di qc
n wax [wӕks]
1 the sticky, fatty substance of which bees make their cells; beeswax. was شَمْع восък vosk bivoks das Wachs κερί cera vaha موم mehiläisvaha cire שַעֲווָה मोम vosak viasz malam (bÿflugna)vax cerume 密ろう 밀랍(蜜蠟) vaškas vasks lilin was voks wosk 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 ušní maz ørevoks das Ohrenschmalz κυψελίδα cera kõrvavaik چرك گوش vaikku cire שַעֲווָה कान की मैल cerumen, ušna maz fülzsír kerak telinga eyrnamergur cera 耳あか 귀지 siera sērs (ausī) tahi telinga oorsmeer ørevoks woskowina cera cerumen ушная сера ušný maz ušesno maslo vosak öronvax สารที่คล้ายขี้ผึ้ง 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 vosk voks; -voks das Wachs παρκετίνη cera poonimisvaha واكس vaha cire שַעֲווָה 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 cera ceară de mobilă полироль vosk vosek vosak möbel-, bonvax ขัดด้วยขี้ผึ้ง; เคลือบด้วยขี้ผึ้ง cilâ 上光蠟 віск لءی sáp để đánh bóng 上光蜡
4 (also adjective) (alsoˈcandle-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 voskový voks; voks- das Wachs, Wachs-... κερί, κέρινος cera küünlavaha پارافين vaha- (en/de) cire שַעֲווָה मोम vosak, voštani viasz lilin kertavax cera; di cera ろう 초의 재료 vaško vasks lilin was voks(-) wosk(owy) cera de/în ceară воск; восковой voskový vosek; voščen voštani vax ที่มีลักษณะคล้ายขี้ผึ้ง mum 蠟的 свічний парафін موم sáp để làm nến 蜡的
5 sealing-wax. was شَمْع الخَتْم червен восък pečetní vosk segllak der Siegellack βουλοκέρι lacre pitserivaha لاك مخصوص مهر و موم sinettilakka cire à cacheter שַעֲווָה लाख pečatni vosak pecsétviasz lak innsiglunarvax ceralacca 封ろう 봉랍(封蠟) lakas zīmoglaka lilin zegellak segllakk lak lacre ceară pentru sigilii сургуч pečatný vosk pečatni vosek vosak za pečat sigillack ครั่งสำหรับประทับตราเอกสาร mühür mumu 封蠟 сургуч گوند xi gắn 蜡封
v
to smear, polish or rub with wax. was يَصْقُل بالشَّمْع намазвам с восък voskovat vokse wachsen παρκετάρω encerar 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 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
adj waxed
having a coating of wax waxed paper. wasbedek مُشَمَّع، مَطْلي بالشَّمْع восъчна хартия voskovaný vokspapir Wachs-... 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{#169} voks-(papir), vokset woskowany encerado cerat вощёный voskovaný voščen voskiran vaxad ที่เคลือบด้วยขี้ผึ้ง yağlı, mumlu 塗蠟的 навощений موم کی تہ لگا ہوا bôi sáp 涂蜡的
adj waxen, ˈwaxy
wasagtig شَمْعي восъчен voskový voksagtig; bleg wie Wachs 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 밀랍 같은, 창백한 vaškinis, vaškuotas, vaško vaska-; vaskots yang diperbuat seperti lilin, seperti lilin wassen voksaktig, –blek woskowy de cera de ceară восковой voskový voščen voštan gjord av vax, vaxartad, vaxlik ทำด้วยขี้ผึ้ง; ทาด้วยขี้ผึ้ง mumlu 蠟制的 восковий مومی giống như sáp 蜡制的
n waxwork
a wax model (usually of a well-known person). waswerk, wasmodel تِمثال من الشَّمْع восъчен модел vosková figurína voksfigur die Wachsfigur 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 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
n pl waxworks
an exhibition of such models. wasmodeluitstalling مُتْحَف تَماثيل الشَّمْع изложба на восъчни фигури muzeum voskových figurín vokskabinet das Wachsfigurenkabinett 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 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
wax2
v wax [wӕks]
1 (of the moon) to appear to grow in size as more of it becomes visible. vergroot يَكْبُر، يَتَعاظَم الهِلال раста dorůstat tiltage zunehmen μεγαλώνω, γεμίζω crecer kasvama رو به بدر رفتن ماه kasvaa croître לְהִתמַלֵא बढ़ना pojačavati, razvijati se növekszik membesar vaxa, aukast, stækka crescere 満ちる (달이) 차다 pilnėti (par mēnesi) augt mengambang wassen tilta przybywać crescer a creşte прибывать dorastať rasti narasti tillta, växa ดวงจันทร์ค่อย ๆ กลมเต็มดวง giderek büyümek 月盈 збільшуватися چاند کا حجم میں بڑھنا tròn dần 月亮渐圆
2 an old word for to grow or increase. oudword يَنْمو прираст narůstat vokse zunehmen γίνομαι, αυξάνομαι, αναπτύσσομαι crecer kasvama كم كم بزرگ شدن kasvaa croître לִגדוֹל povećavati se nő meningkat vaxa, aukast, stækka crescere 増大する 점점 증가하다 augti, didėti augt un dilt bertambah besar wassen vokse, øke stawać się crescer a creşte увеличиваться narastať rasti rasti tillta, växa เพิ่มขึ้น büyümek, çoğalmak (舊語)漸漸變成或增加 збільшуватися بڑھنا یا نشو و نما پانا tăng trưởng 变大
wax → شمع vosk voks Wachs κερί cera vaha cire vosak cera 蝋 밀랍 was voks wosk cera воск vax ขี้ผึ้ง balmumu sáp ong 蜡
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