Etymology : Middle English, from Old English weax; akin to Old High German wahs wax, Lithuanian vaskas
Pronunciation : 'waks
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. solid or semi-solid substance that is greasy to the touch and pliable when heated (i.e. beeswax, earwax); petroleum based substance often used to coat or polish surfaces (i.e. car wax, paraffin); burst of anger (British). rub or polish with wax, treat with wax, cover with was; remove hair from a part of the body by applying wax and then pulling it off with the hairs; increase gradually in quantity or intensity; grow, swell; make a recording of, record records; become more illuminated (as does the moon). made of wax; resembling wax.
2. Record album(s): "And we put it on wax, it's the new style " -- Beastie Boys (The New Style [1986].
3. synonym to tax as in "wax his ass " from the black popular "mop up the floor with your ass .
4. describing refinement as in 'waxed, buffed and simonized' from the Mister Magic radio sho.
5. to have sexual intercours.
6. to make a car appear very shiny. wax\wax\, n. [as. weax; akin to ofries. wax, d. was, g. wachs, ohg. wahs, icel. & sw. vax, dan. vox, lith. vaszkas, russ. vosk'.].
7. a fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. it is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. its natural color is pale or dull yellow.note: beeswax consists essentially of cerotic acid (constituting the more soluble part) and of myricyl palmitate (constituting the less soluble part).
8. hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance. specifically: (a) (physiol.) cerumen, or earwax. see:
cerumen. (b) a waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. (c) a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. (d) (zo?l.) a substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the chinese wax. see:
wax insect, below. (e) (bot.) a waxlike product secreted by certain plants. see:
vegetable wax, under vegetable. (f) (min.) a substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite. (g) thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling. [local u. s.].
9. To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; opposed to wane.
10. To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
11. A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; usually called beeswax.
12. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious.
13. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
14. Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
15. Cerumen, or earwax.
16. A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
17. A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
18. A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax.
19. See Wax insect, below.
20. A waxlike product secreted by certain plants.
21. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
22. A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
23. Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.
24. To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" cover with wax; "wax the car".
25. 1. Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated. There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the furniture She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.
26. If you wax a surface, you put a thin layer of wax onto it, especially in order to polish it. We'd have long talks while she helped me wax the floor.
27. If you have your legs waxed, you have the hair removed from your legs by having wax put on them and then pulled off quickly. She has just had her legs waxed at the local beauty parlour She could go shopping, and wax her legs.
28. Wax is the sticky yellow substance found in your ears.
29. If you say that someone, for example, waxes lyrical or waxes indignant about a subject, you mean that they talk about it in an enthusiastic or indignant way. He waxed lyrical about the skills and commitment of his employees My mother waxed eloquent on the theme of wifely duty.
30. If something waxes and wanes, it first increases and then decreases over a period of time. Portugal and Spain had possessed vast empires that waxed and waned. Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, and more brittle than fats. Waxes contain mostly compounds of high molecular weight (fatty acids, alcohols, and saturated hydrocarbons). Many melt at moderate temperatures and form hard films that can take a high polish. Animal and plant waxes are esters of fatty acids and either a sterol (see:
steroid) or a straight-chain higher alcohol (e.g., cetyl alcohol). Animal waxes include beeswax; wool wax (lanolin), used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics; and sperm oil and spermaceti (from sperm whales), used as lubricants. Plant waxes include carnauba wax, candelilla wax, and sugarcane wax, used in polishes. About 90% of the waxes in commerce are recovered by dewaxing petroleum. There are three main types: paraffin (used in candles, crayons, paper coating, and industrial polishes and as a protective sealant, lubricant, insulating agent, and antifrothing agent), microcrystalline wax (used in paper coating), and petrolatum (used in ointments and cosmetics). Synthetic waxes (carbowaxes), derived from ethylene glycol, are commonly blended with petroleum waxes. carnauba wax lost wax casting wax sculpture.
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