1. 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, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
2. any of various similar substances, as spermaceti or the secretions of certain insects and plants.
3. any of a group of substances composed of hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, and esters that are solid at ordinary temperatures.
4. earwax; cerumen.
5. a resinous substance used by shoemakers for rubbing thread.
6. sealing wax.
7. a person or object suggesting wax, as in manageability or malleability: I am helpless wax in your hands.

8. to rub, smear, stiffen, polish, etc., with wax: to wax the floor.
9. to fill the crevices of (ornamental marble) with colored material.
10. bikini wax.
11. to make a phonograph recording of.
12. to defeat decisively; drub: We waxed the competition.

13. pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax: a wax candle; a wax doll.

14. whole ball of wax, Slang.
• the entire or overall plan, concept, action, result, or the like: The first ten minutes of the meeting will determine the whole ball of wax.
• everything of a similar or related nature: They sold us skis, boots, bindings, poles—the whole ball of wax.

1. to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.: Discord waxed at an alarming rate.
2. (of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon.
3. to grow or become: He waxed angry at the insinuation.

1. a fit of anger; rage.

1. any of various viscous or solid materials of natural origin: characteristically lustrous, insoluble in water, and having a low softening temperature, they consist largely of esters of fatty acids
2. any of various similar substances, such as paraffin wax or ozocerite, that have a mineral origin and consist largely of hydrocarbons
3. short for beeswax, sealing wax
4. physiol another name for cerumen
5. a resinous preparation used by shoemakers to rub on thread
6. a mixture of wax, oil, and carbolic acid applied to the cut surface of a bone to prevent bleeding
7. any substance or object that is pliable or easily moulded
8. made of or resembling wax
9. the act or an instance of removing body hair by coating it with warm wax, applying a strip of fabric, and then removing the fabric sharply, thereby plucking the hairs out by their roots

10. to coat, polish, etc, with wax
11. to remove (body hair) by means of a wax treatment

1. to become larger, more powerful, etc
2. (of the moon) to show a gradually increasing portion of illuminated surface, between new moon and full moon
3. to become as specified

1. a fit of rage or temper

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