wax

IPA: wˈæks

Beeswax.
Earwax.
Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
(uncountable, music, informal) The phonograph record format for music.
(US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
(US, slang) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil.
(rare) The process of growing.
(dated, colloquial) An outburst of anger, a loss of temper, a fit of rage.
A surname.

(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
(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.
(transitive, informal) To defeat utterly.
(transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
(transitive, archaic, usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
(intransitive, literary) To greaten.
(intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
(intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
(intransitive, of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.

Examples of "wax" in Sentences

I need to buy some wax for my surfboard before heading out to catch some waves
The candle flickered as the wax melted down the side, creating a warm, inviting glow
My car looked brand new after a fresh coat of wax was applied to the exterior
The esthetician gently spread warm wax on my legs before swiftly pulling off the hair, leaving my skin silky smooth
As the temperature dropped, he rubbed wax on his skis to ensure a smooth glide down the mountain