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wax noun

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

wax verb

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

wax adjective

  /wæks/ , /wɛks/
  • Made of wax.
 cire

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.
 cirer
  • (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.
 croître

waxed

ciré

waxing noun

  /ˈwæksɪŋ/
  • (countable) A cosmetic procedure in which hair is removed from the body by the application and removal of wax.
 waxing, épilation à la cire
waxed canvas
toile cirée
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