wax

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wax is part of the Basic English 850.

Contents 1 Pronunciation 1.1 Homophones 2 Noun 3 Verb 3.1 Synomyns 3.2 Antonyms

[change] Pronunciation

• enPR: wăks
• IPA: /wæks/
• SAMPA: /w{ks/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[change] Homophones

• (in accents with the wine-whine merger) whacks

[change] Noun

Singular wax

Plural waxes

1. Wax is a solid material made of animal fat.

   A candle is made of wax and a thick thread and has a flame on top.

[change] Verb

Plain form wax

Third-person singular waxes

Past tense waxed

Past participle waxed

Present participle waxing

1. If you wax something, you put wax it, for example, a car.
2. Get bigger, become more full.

   As the moon changes from a new moon to a full moon, it is said to be waxing.

[change] Synomyns

• grow
• increase

[change] Antonyms

• wane
• shrink

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