Wax
11wax — verb. In the meaning ‘to assume a specified tone or state’, wax is followed by an adjective, not an adverb: to wax lyrical, to wax enthusiastic, etc.: • When the Roman soldiers were asked to take part in the Claudian invasion of 43, they waxed… …
12wax — Ⅰ. wax [1] ► NOUN 1) beeswax. 2) a soft solid oily substance that melts easily, used for making candles or polishes. ► VERB 1) polish or treat with wax. 2) remove hair from (a part of the body) by applying wax and then peeling it off with the… …
13Wax — Información artística Género(s) Pop Período de actividad 1985 – 1988 Miembros …
14wax up — (of a mare about to foal) to develop a sticky covering over the teats • • • Main Entry: ↑wax …
15wax — index expand, inflate, proliferate, pullulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16wax n — wax eloquent …
17wax — [v] become large, fuller augment, become, build, come, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, fill out, get bigger, get to, grow, grow full, heighten, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, rise, run, swell, turn, upsurge; concepts 704,780 Ant. shrink …
18Wax — For other uses, see Wax (disambiguation). Cetyl palmitate, a typical wax ester …
19wax — wax1 waxable, adj. waxlike, adj. /waks/, n. 1. Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models,… …
20wax — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. 2 a white translucent material obtained from this by bleaching and purifying and used for candles, in modelling, as a basis of… …
