wax

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin;
they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water (Freq. 7)
• Derivationally related forms:
waxy
• Hypernyms:
lipid, lipide, lipoid
• Hyponyms:
bayberry wax, bayberry tallow, carnauba wax, carnauba, candelilla wax,
ceresin, floor wax, gondang wax, fig wax, Japan wax, Japan tallow,
montan wax, pisang wax, scale wax, paraffin scale, ski wax, beeswax,
cerumen, earwax, paraffin, paraffin wax, spermaceti, vegetable wax,
shellac wax, lac wax

II - verb

1. cover with wax (Freq. 2)
- wax the car
• Derivationally related forms:
waxing
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Hyponyms:
beeswax
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. go up or advance (Freq. 1)
- Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
• Syn:
mount, climb, rise
• Ant:
wane
• Derivationally related forms:
rise (for: rise), climb (for: climb), mount (for: mount), mounting (for: mount), waxing
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
jump, advance, gain
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. increase in phase
- the moon is waxing
• Syn:
full
• Ant:
wane
• Derivationally related forms:
waxing
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The moon will soon wax

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  full, mount, climb, rise