waxed

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English

Definitions

verb

To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
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.
To defeat utterly.
To kill, especially to murder a person.

verb

To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
To grow.
(of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
(of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.

adjective

Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or waterproof, or to protect it.

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Synonyms

polish bump off knock off whack buff burnish furbish shine become freshly grew increased shined waxen waxy shellacked varnished waxish

Antonyms

Associated

waned waxing oiled moustache floss mustache barbour skis wax wrapping linen cotton

Rhymes

relaxed climaxed taxed axed bakst overtaxed faxed untaxed make relaxed maxed

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