| 1. | Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb. |
| 2. | any of various similar substances, as spermaceti or the secretions of certain insects and plants. Compare vegetable wax, wax insect. |
| 3. | any of a group of substances composed of hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, and esters that are solid at ordinary temperatures. |
| 4. | cerumen; earwax. |
| 5. | a resinous substance used by shoemakers for rubbing thread. |
| 6. | sealing wax. |
| 7. | a person or object suggesting wax, as in manageability or malleability: I am helpless wax in your hands. |
| 8. | to rub, smear, stiffen, polish, etc., with wax: to wax the floor. |
| 9. | to fill the crevices of (ornamental marble) with colored material. |
| 10. | Informal. to make a phonograph recording of. |
| 11. | Slang. to defeat decisively; drub: We waxed the competition. |
| 12. | pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax: a wax candle; a wax doll. |
| 13. | whole ball of wax, Slang.
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) wax⋅en; wax⋅ing. | 1. | to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.: Discord waxed at an alarming rate. |
| 2. | (of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon. Compare wane (def. 4). |
| 3. | to grow or become: He waxed angry at the insinuation. |
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wax (wāks)
n.
Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat-sensitive substances, consisting of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but soluble in most organic solvents.
Cerumen.
A solid plastic or pliable liquid substance, such as paraffin, originating from petroleum and found in rock layers and often used in medicinal preparations.
Wax
Made by melting the combs of bees. Mentioned (Ps. 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4) in illustration.