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A sticky yellowish moldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of honeycomb; beeswax,
  1. (of the moon between new and full) Have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size

  2. Become larger or stronger
    • - his anger waxed
  3. Begin to speak or write about something in the specified manner
    • - they waxed lyrical about the old days
Noun
  1. A fit of anger
    • - she is in a wax about the delay to the wedding
  1. any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
  2. cover with wax; "wax the car"
  3. go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
  4. increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"
  5. (waxed) treated with wax; "waxed floors"; "waxed mustache"
  6. (waxing) the application of wax to a surface
  7. Wax refer to a class of hydrocarbons that are plastic (malleable) at normal ambient temperatures. Characteristically, they melt above 45 °C (113 °F) to give a low viscosity liquid. Waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in petroleum based solvent. ...
  8. Waqas Saeed, also known as "Wax", (Celebrity Wax) is a British Radio presenter and is currently broadcasting on BBC Asian Network. He was born in Manchester on 22 February and studied at the University of Bedfordshire. ...
  9. Wax Or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees is the first independent feature film to have been edited on a digital non-linear system. It is also the first film (independent or otherwise) to have been re-formatted as hypertext and posted on the Internet. ...
  10. Wax is the seventh studio album by French new wave band Indochine. It was released in 1996 and is the follow-up album to 1993's Un Jour Dans Notre Vie.
  11. Wax was a 1980s pop group consisting of Andrew Gold and 10cc guitarist/bassist Graham Gouldman. The band is best known for the hit singles "Right Between the Eyes" and "Bridge to Your Heart".
  12. Wax is a Los Angeles, California based punk rock band that emerged during the pop punk resurgence of the early 1990s, and includes Joe Sib, Tom "Soda" Gardocki, Dave Georgeff, and Loomis Fall. The band is best known for their MTV buzz clip video "California," directed by Spike Jonze.
  13. Beeswax; Earwax; Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters; Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish; A phonograph record; To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny; To remove hair ...
  14. (waxed) Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or waterproof, or to protect it
  15. (Waxed) To get hit hard or killed.
  16. (Waxed) Heads of wood, plaster or composition coated with wax.
  17. (Waxes) ^   Solid or semisolid materials derived from petroleum distillates or residues.  Light-colored, more or less translucent crystalline masses, slightly greasy to the touch, consisting of a mixture of solid hydrocarbons in which the paraffin series predominates. ...
  18. (Waxes (E900–909)) Synthetic glazes (E910–919) • Improving agents (E920–929) • Packaging gases (E930–949) • Sweeteners (E950–969) • Foaming agents (E990–999)
  19. (Waxes) Applied to the sole of the ski to improve gliding according to snow conditions. Either melted on hot or rubbed on. Also refers to grip-waxes applied to Nordic skis.
  20. (Waxes) Organic compound generally similar in composition to fats and oils, except it contains no glycerides. Solid at room temperature.
  21. (waxing) Depilation process that involves application of warm wax followed by a strip of cloth quickly pulled away from skin to remove unwanted hair.
  22. (Waxing) Temporary hair removal method. Warm or cool wax, usually honeycomb blended with oils, is applied on to areas of unwanted hair. A cloth is smoothed on to the area and quickly whisked off, pulling the hair off with the wax.
  23. (Waxing) Warm wax is applied, hardened, and then vigorously ripped off to remove unwanted hair from the face, arms, legs, or body.
  24. (Waxing) An expression used in the marble finishing trade to indicate the filling of natural voids with color blended material.
  25. "Waxing" is when extra steps are put into moves.