wax
/wæks/ verbo B1En español: devenir, crecer
- To greaten. · Holonym: wax and wane
- To increasingly assume the specified characteristic. · Near-synonyms: become, get, go, turn, come, fall, grow· to wax poetic
- To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
- To move from low tide to high tide.
He/she/it waxes · Pasado waxed · Participio pasado waxed · Forma en -ing waxing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- wax
- He/she/it
- waxes
- Pasado
- waxed
- Participio pasado
- waxed
- Forma en -ing
- waxing
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
It is a bust in wax.
It was a wax-coloured model of my friend, so admirably done that it was a perfect facsimile.
But she was as close as wax.
“Well, then, will you please compare that print with this wax impression of young McFarlane’s right thumb, taken by my orders this morning?”
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