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Meaning of waxen

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waxen

verb

Definitions

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

  2. 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.

  3. To defeat utterly.

  4. To kill, especially to murder a person.

verb

Definitions

  1. To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.

    Synonyms:become
  2. To grow.

    Antonyms:wane
  3. (of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

  4. (of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.

waxen

adjective

Definitions

  1. Made of wax; covered with wax.

    Example: a waxen tablet

  2. Of or pertaining to wax.

  3. Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.

  4. Easily effaced, as if written in wax.