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WAXED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Treated with wax
Example:
waxed mustache
Classified under:
Antonym:
unwaxed (not waxed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb wax
Context examples:
He knew only that the velvet- furred kitten was meat, and he ate and waxed happier with every mouthful.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
There was Marie, tall and grave, and Blanche petite and gay, and the dark Agnes, with eyes that went through you like a waxed arrow.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Neither of them possessed energy or wit to belabour me soundly, but they insulted me as coarsely as they could in their little way: especially Celine, who even waxed rather brilliant on my personal defects—deformities she termed them.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
We smiled again, said amusing things, and waxed optimistic over our situation.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
A rest comes very good after one has travelled three thousand miles, and it must be confessed that Buck waxed lazy as his wounds healed, his muscles swelled out, and the flesh came back to cover his bones.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Bill seemed to have forgotten his forebodings of the previous night, and even waxed facetious with the dogs when, at midday, they overturned the sled on a bad piece of trail.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Matthewson waxed jubilant.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
