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English to English noun
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any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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cover with wax | | Example: wax the car
source: wordnet30
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go up or advance | | Example: Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
source: wordnet30
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increase in phase | | Example: the moon is waxing
source: wordnet30
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To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane. | | source: webster1913
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To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. | | source: webster1913
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