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wax verb

  /wæks/ , /wɛks/
  • (intransitive, literary) To greaten.
 wachsen, zunehmen
  • (intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
 werden
  • (intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
 zunehmen

wax verb

  /wæks/ , /wɛks/
  • (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
 wachsen, wichsen, bohnern
  • (transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
 zunehmen

wax noun

  /wæks/ , /wɛks/
  • Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
 Wachs
  • Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
 Bohnerwachs, Wachs

wax adjective

  /wæks/ , /wɛks/
  • Made of wax.
 [[Wachs|Wachs-]], wächsern, Wachs

waxing noun

  /ˈwæksɪŋ/
  • (countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
 Wachsen, Waxing
sealing wax
Siegellack
paraffin wax
Paraffin
wax museum
Wachsfigurenkabinett, Panoptikum
candle wax
Kerzenwachs
wax lyrical
lyrisch
wax apple
Javaapfel
wax paper
Wachspapier, Ölpapier
wax tablet
Wachstafel
ski wax
Schiwachs
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