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Waxes

Beeswax.

📖 Definitions of "Waxes"

noun
  1. 1

    Beeswax.

  2. 2

    Earwax.

    "What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?"

  3. 3

    Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

  4. 4

    Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

verb
  1. 1

    To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    To defeat utterly.

  4. 4

    To kill, especially to murder a person.

verb
  1. 1

    To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.

  2. 2

    To grow.

  3. 3

    (of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

  4. 4

    (of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.

noun
  1. 1

    An outburst of anger.

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