wax

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Beeswax.
2. (countable, uncountable) Earwax.
3. (countable, uncountable) Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
4. (countable, uncountable) Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
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.

Adj

Made of wax.

Verb

To coat with wax or a similar material.

Verb

1. (transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
2. (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.
3. (informal, transitive) To defeat utterly.
4. (slang, transitive) To kill, especially to murder a person.
5. (archaic, transitive, usually) To record.

Verb

1. (intransitive, literary) To greaten.
2. (copulative, intransitive, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
3. (intransitive) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
4. (intransitive) To move from low tide to high tide.

Concepten

was

🧽

wassen

🧽

toenemen

schoencrème

schoensmeer

groeien

aanwassen

gedijen

boenwas

in de was zetten

met was insmeren

met was inwrijven

poetsen

schoenen poetsen

was aanbrengen

worden

stijgen

groter worden

uitbouwen

uitbreiden

vergroten

vermeerderen

boenen

opslag geven

bijenwas

aangroeien

oorsmeer

meer gaan betalen

lak

Tegenovergesteld aan

wane

Synoniemen

grow

beeswax

polish

🇵🇱

increase

candle

🕯️

accrue

rise

mount

full

tallow

augment

climb

lacker

cere

amplify

cerumen

flourish

progress

prosper

varnish

become

get

grease

aggrandize

develop

heighten

earwax

suet

swell

thrive

oil

proliferate

raise

razor

🪒

row

rub

shaver

shine

ski wax

spoilt

stem

step up

vegetate

waxing

waxy

worn out

bourgeon

increase up

Beeswax

beef fat

Vertalingen

cire

cera

Wachs

cera

cera

κερί

croître

crescere

wachsen

cera

crescer

crecer

cera

cirer

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wæks/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: wax

Overgenomen van Oudengels: weax

Verwant aan Saterfries: Woaks

Verwant aan Fries: waaks

Verwant aan Nederlands: was

Verwant aan Duits: Wachs

Verwant aan Noors: voks

Verwant aan Litouws: vaškas

Overgenomen van Middelengels: waxen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: weaxan

Verwant aan Schots: wax

Verwant aan Fries: waakse

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: wassen

Verwant aan Nederlands: wassen

Verwant aan Duits: wachsen

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan Noors: -

Verwant aan Zweeds: växa

Verwant aan IJslands: vaxa

Verwant aan Gothisch: 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: ἀέξω

Verwant aan Latijn: auxilium

In summary

From Middle English wax, from Old English weax, from Proto-Germanic *wahsą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *woḱ-so-.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Woaks (“wax”), West Frisian waaks (“wax”), Dutch was (“wax”), German Wachs (“wax”), German Low German Wass (“wax”), Luxembourgish Wuess (“wax”), Vilamovian wāhs (“wax”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk voks (“wax”), Faroese vaks (“wax”), Icelandic, Swedish vax (“wax”); and with Lithuanian vaškas (“wax”), Proto-Slavic *voskъ (“wax”).