waxes

Meaning of waxes

verb, 3rd person present
  1. cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it.
    I washed and waxed the floor
  2. make a recording of.
    he waxed a series of tracks that emphasized his lead guitar work

Old English wæx, weax, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch was and German Wachs . The verb dates from late Middle English.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of the moon between new and full) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size.
  2. begin to speak or write about something in the specified manner.
    they waxed lyrical about the old days

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’.

plural noun
  1. a fit of anger.
    she is in a wax about the delay to the wedding

mid 19th century: origin uncertain; perhaps from phrases such as wax angry .

Information about waxes

  • The singular form of waxes is: wax.
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Hyphenation of waxes

waxes

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • waxes is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

waxes synonyms

Meaning make or become larger or more extensive:

enlarge

Meaning grow to be; develop into:

become

Meaning (of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically:

grow

Meaning come to have (something); receive:

get

Meaning move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point:

turn

Meaning express eager enjoyment, interest, or approval regarding something:

enthuse

Meaning talk incoherently, as if one were delirious or mad:

rave

Meaning (of a liquid) flow out of something in a rapid and plentiful stream:

gush

waxes antonyms

Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:

wane

Words that rhyme with waxes

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