wax

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The process of growing.
   rare, uncountable
3. An outburst of anger, a loss of temper, a fit of rage.
   colloquial, dated
4. ISO 639-3 language code for Watam
5. Beeswax.
   countable, uncountable
6. Made of wax: a wax candle.
7. Beeswax
8. Earwax.
   countable, uncountable
9. Informal In the medium of phonograph recordings.
   Informal
10. Earwax
11. Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
    countable, uncountable
12. To speak or write at length about something: "Mason waxed on and on about the old days" (Jennifer Cruisie).
13. Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters
14. Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
    countable, uncountable
15. The phonograph record format for music.
    informal, uncountable
16. 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).
17. Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish
18. A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
    US, countable, dialectal, uncountable
19. a fit of anger.
20. Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.
    US, countable, slang, uncountable
21. Any of various solid, usually yellow substances that melt or soften easily when heated. Waxes are produced in nature by various animals and plants, or are made artificially. They are similar to fats, but are less greasy and more brittle.
22. a form of divination involving dropping melted wax into water.
23. the art of modeling with wax. — ceroplastic, adj.
24. 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 ci...
25. 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

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Examples

“What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?”

“What really started the corn sprouting on Broadway was a lugubrious tune⟳ by Louisiana's Jimmie Davis called It Makes No Difference Now. In the late '30s Decca's Recording Chief David Kapp heard this Texas hit and got it on wax.”

“He was charged with two felonies, for possession of Xanax and wax.”

“father Arnall's face⟳ looked very black but he was not in a wax: he was laughing.”

“‘That's him to a T,’ she would murmur; or, ‘Just wait⟳ till he reads this’; or, ‘Ah, won't that put⟳ him in a wax!’”

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