waxes

noun

Meaning

Beeswax.
Earwax.
Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
The phonograph record format for music.
A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
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.
To defeat utterly.
To kill, especially to murder a person.
(usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
To grow.
(of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
(of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
An outburst of anger.

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