wax

  1. Noun.  Beeswax.
  2. Noun.  Earwax.
  3. Noun.  Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
  4. Noun.  Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
  5. Noun.  A phonograph record.
  6. Adjective.  Made of wax.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, informal) To defeat utterly.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
  11. Verb.  (intransitive, with adjective) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.
  12. Verb.  (intransitive, literary) To grow.
  13. Verb.  (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
  14. Noun.  (rare) The process of growing.
  15. Noun.  (dated, colloquial) An outburst of anger.

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