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| NOUN | 1 | wax | Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin |
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| VERB | 1 | wax | Cover with wax |
| 2 | wax, mount, climb, rise | Go up or advance | |
| 3 | wax, full | Increase in phase |
| Sounds | wae'ks |
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| Rhymes | Acts, Ajax, anthrax, and 30 more rhymes in aeks... |
| Meaning | Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin. They are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water. |
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| Broader | lipid, lipide, lipoid |
| Narrower | bayberry wax, bayberry tallow; carnauba wax, carnauba; candelilla wax; ceresin; floor wax; gondang wax, fig wax; Japan wax, Japan tallow; montan wax; pisang wax; scale wax, paraffin scale; ski wax; beeswax; cerumen, earwax; paraffin, paraffin wax; spermaceti; vegetable wax; shellac wax, lac wax |
| Adjectives | waxy; waxy; waxen, waxy |
| Verbs | wax |
| Meaning | Cover with wax. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "wax the car" |
| Broader | cover |
| Narrower | beeswax |
| Nouns | waxing; wax |
| Meaning | Go up or advance. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | mount, climb, rise |
| Contrary | wane |
| Broader | increase |
| Narrower | jump; advance, gain |
| Nouns | waxing |
| Meaning | Increase in phase. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Model | The moon will soon wax |
| Examples | "the moon is waxing" |
| Synonyms | full |
| Contrary | wane |
| Broader | increase |
| Nouns | waxing |
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