wax
/wæks/ verbo C2En español: encerar, bolear, depilar, crecer
- To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
- 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.
- To defeat utterly.
- To kill, especially to murder a person.
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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