wax
noun
[ waks ]
• a sticky yellowish mouldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of a honeycomb; beeswax.
• used in reference to records.
• "he didn't get on wax until 1959"
wax
verb
• cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it.
• "I washed and waxed the floor"
• make a recording of.
• "he waxed a series of tracks that emphasized his lead guitar work"
Origin:
Old English wæx, weax, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch was and German Wachs . The verb dates from late Middle English.
wax
verb
• (of the moon between new and full) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size.
Similar:
approach full moon,
get bigger,
increase in size,
enlarge,
• begin to speak or write about something in the specified manner.
• "they waxed lyrical about the old days"
Similar:
become,
grow,
get,
come to be,
turn,
become enthusiastic,
enthuse,
rave,
gush,
get carried away,
Origin:
Old English weaxan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wassen and German wachsen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek auxanein and Latin augere ‘to increase’.
wax
noun
• a fit of anger.
• "she is in a wax about the delay to the wedding"
Origin:
mid 19th century: origin uncertain; perhaps from phrases such as wax angry .
