Wax | Mean of wax in English Dictionary

/ˈwæks/

• Noun
• a hard substance that becomes soft when it is heated and that is used to make various products (such as candles, crayons, or polish)
1. a variety of floor waxes
2. candles made of wax
3. car wax [=a substance used to polish cars]
4. a wax candle/figurine
• a natural sticky substance that is produced inside the ear
• Verb
• to put a thin layer of wax on (something)
1. He waxed his car today.
2. The floor has just been waxed.

• to remove hair from (a part of the body) by putting hot wax on it and then pulling the wax off
1. She waxes her eyebrows/legs.
• to appear to become larger or more full
1. The moon waxes and then wanes.
• to become larger or more
1. Interest in the story seems to wax and wane depending on other news.
• to talk or write about something in a way that shows that you are experiencing a specified mood or feeling
1. He waxed nostalgic about his childhood. [=he talked/wrote nostalgically about his childhood]
2. waxing poetic