One entry found for wax.

Entry Word: wax
Function: verb
Text: 1 to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number <the noise level waxed as more people flooded into the stadium> -- see INCREASE 2
2 to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction <waxing a surfboard> -- see LUBRICATE
3 to eventually have as a state or quality <waxed poetic whenever he wrote to his girlfriend> -- see BECOME