WAXES

noun

1. Beeswax.
2. Earwax.
3. Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

verb

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.

verb

1. To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
2. To grow.
3. (of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.