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1. waxverb

   any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

   Antonyms:
   wane

2. waxverb

   cover with wax

   "wax the car"

   Antonyms:
   wane

   Synonyms:
   rise, mount, climb, full

3. wax, mount, climb, riseverb

   go up or advance

   "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"

   Antonyms:
   wane

   Synonyms:
   resurrect, rise, stand up, climb up, uprise, put on, climb on, heighten, go up, rebel, surface, lift, arise, spring up, come up, grow, originate, mount up, ride, ascend, prove, develop, climb, bestride, full, get on, get up, hop on, jump on, move up, turn out, jump, rear, mount, rise up

4. wax, fullverb

   increase in phase

   "the moon is waxing"

   Antonyms:
   wane

   Synonyms:
   rise, mount, climb, full

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1. waxnoun

   Synonyms:
   beeswax, spermaceti, adipocere (grave wax), ozocerite, mineral wax

   Associated words:
   cerography, ceroplastics, ceroplasty, cerograph, cerographist, cerotic, ceromancy, cerate, encaustic, ceroma, inceration, cerotene, incerative, cerographic, ceroplastic, cetin

2. waxverb

   Synonyms:
   cere, increase, grow, develop, become larger

How to use wax in a sentence?

1. Glenn Loury:

   I thought that Amy's comments, in places, were outrageous, i said as much during the interview what Amy Wax said about the Asians could have been said, and was said, about the Jews not so long ago. Today we call that antisemitism.

2. Frank Russo:

   We just found a package that contains GBL, which is a date rape drug, as you can see, the package includes sponges to make us think it's turtle wax car wash equipment.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.

4. Steven Rauch:

   You hum - if you hear your own voice amplified in the blocked ear, there’s nothing to worry about, it’s probably ear wax or fluid, if you hear your voice amplified in the good ear, that’s an emergency.

5. Meghan McCain:

   You're talking about Donald Trump supporters, comparing them to Nazis in Nuremberg, that sounds extreme to me as well, when Democrats come on here and wax poetic about extremism -- I'm not saying Donald Trump isn't doing it, but you're calling everybody who was in North Carolina rally a Nazi.

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