wax

1. (countable, uncountable)Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

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2. (countable, uncountable)Beeswax (a wax secreted by bees).

3. (countable, uncountable)Earwax (a wax secreted by the ears).

   What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?

4. (countable, uncountable)Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

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5. (informal, uncountable)The phonograph record format for music.

6. (US, countable, dialectal, uncountable)A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.

7. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)Any of a class of drugs with weed oil and butane as main ingredients; hash oil.

   He was charged with two felonies, for possession of Xanax and wax.

8. (rare, uncountable)The process of growing.

9. (colloquial, dated)An outburst of anger, a loss of temper, a fit of rage.

1. The car is waxed and shining.

   ruМашина начищена и вся сверкает. — marafon

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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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