wax

1. (transitive)To coat with wax or a similar material.

   waxed silk

   wachsen

   cover with wax

2. (intransitive)To form a wax (a thick maple syrup).

3. (transitive)To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

   wichsen, bohnern wachsen

   вощи́тьvoščítʹ

4. (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.

5. (informal, transitive)To defeat utterly.

6. (slang, transitive)To kill, especially to murder a person.

7. (intransitive, literary)To greaten.

   Holonym: wax and wane

8. (copulative, intransitive, literary)To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.

   Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, grow

   to wax poetic

   werden, wachsen, zunehmen

9. (intransitive)To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

   zunehmen

10. (intransitive)To move from low tide to high tide.

11. (archaic, transitive, usually)To record.

1. The car is waxed and shining.

   ruМашина начищена и вся сверкает.

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2. I've just finished waxing the floor.

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3. Tom waxed his car yesterday afternoon.

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4. The floor has just been waxed.

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5. I just finished waxing the floor.

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regular

• wax onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo discuss a particular topic at length.
• wax downTo rub or polish with wax to create a slick, shiny and/or waterproof coating; to wax.