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■ noun
1》 bees~.
↘a white translucent material obtained by bleaching and purifying bees~, used to make candles and polishes.
↘any similar viscous substance, especially a lipid or hydrocarbon.
2》 informal used in reference to gramophone records.
■ verb
1》 polish or treat with ~.
↘remove hair from (a part of the body) by applying ~ and then peeling it off with the hairs.
2》 informal make a recording of.
Derivatives
~er noun
~ing noun
Origin
OE wæx , weax , of Gmc origin.
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~ 2
■ verb
1》 (of the moon) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to increase in size.
2》 literary become larger or stronger.
3》 speak or write in the specified manner: they ~ed lyrical about the old days.
Origin
OE weaxan , of Gmc origin.
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~ 3
■ noun Brit. informal, dated a fit of anger.
Origin
C19: origin uncertain; perh. from phrs such as ~ angry .