Wax in English
- wax⇄adj. of wax; waxen.
- wax⇄adj. waxlike.
- wax⇄expr. the whole ball of wax, (U.S. Slang.) everything.
Ex. Neither [candidate] is saying what people want to hear--a solution to the economic situation, crime, inflation, the whole ball of wax (U.S. News and World Report). - wax⇄noun waxer.
- wax⇄noun 1a. a yellowish substance made by bees for constructing their honeycombs. Wax is hard when cold, but can be easily shaped when warm.
b. a similar substance made by various kinds of scale insects.
2. a substance like this, such as ozoce - wax⇄v.t. 1. to treat with wax; rub, stiffen, or polish with wax or something like wax.
Ex. to wax leather or a mustache. We wax that floor once a month.
2. (Slang.) to make a phonograph recording of.
Ex. Artur Schnabel waxed the Beethoven - wax⇄wax (1), noun, verb, adjective.
- wax⇄wax (2), intransitive verb, waxed,waxedorwaxen,waxing.
1. to grow bigger or greater; increase.
Ex. The moon waxes till it becomes full, and then wanes.
2. to become.
Ex. to wax impatient. The party waxed merry. - wax⇄wax (3), noun.
(Especially British Informal.) a fit of rage; angry condition.
Ex. to be in a wax.