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Definitions for Waxen

[1] made of or covered, polished, or treated with wax.
[2] resembling or suggesting wax: Illness gave his face a waxen appearance.
[3] weak, manageable, or impressionable: The minds of young children are waxen.
[4] a past participle of wax2.
[5] Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.
[6] any of various similar substances, as spermaceti or the secretions of certain insects and plants. Compare vegetable wax, wax insect.
[7] any of a group of substances composed of hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, and esters that are solid at ordinary temperatures.
[8] cerumen; earwax.
[9] a resinous substance used by shoemakers for rubbing thread.
[10] sealing wax.
[11] a person or object suggesting wax, as in manageability or malleability: I am helpless wax in your hands.
[12] to rub, smear, stiffen, polish, etc., with wax: to wax the floor.
[13] to fill the crevices of (ornamental marble) with colored material.
[14] bikini wax.
[15] Informal . to make a phonograph recording of.
[16] Slang . to defeat decisively; drub: We waxed the competition.
[17] pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax: a wax candle; a wax doll.
[18] to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.: Discord waxed at an alarming rate.
[19] (of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon. Compare wane(def 4) .
[20] to grow or become: He waxed angry at the insinuation.
[21] made of, treated with, or covered with wax
[22] resembling wax in colour or texture
[23] archaic a past participle of wax 2
[24] any of various viscous or solid materials of natural origin: characteristically lustrous, insoluble in water, and having a low softening temperature, they consist largely of esters of fatty acids
[25] any of various similar substances, such as paraffin wax or ozocerite, that have a mineral origin and consist largely of hydrocarbons
[26] short for beeswax, sealing wax
[27] physiol another name for cerumen
[28] a resinous preparation used by shoemakers to rub on thread
[29] bone wax a mixture of wax, oil, and carbolic acid applied to the cut surface of a bone to prevent bleeding
[30] any substance or object that is pliable or easily moulded he was wax in the hands of the political bosses
[31] (modifier) made of or resembling wax a wax figure
[32] the act or an instance of removing body hair by coating it with warm wax, applying a strip of fabric, and then removing the fabric sharply, thereby plucking the hairs out by their roots
[33] (tr) to coat, polish, etc, with wax
[34] to remove (body hair) by means of a wax treatment
[35] to become larger, more powerful, etc
[36] (of the moon) to show a gradually increasing portion of illuminated surface, between new moon and full moon Compare wane (def. 1)
[37] archaic to become as specified the time waxed late
[38] British informal , old-fashioned a fit of rage or temper he's in a wax today

Words related to Waxen

waxy, impressionable, soft, weak, yielding, ashen, blanched, ghostly, pallid, pasty, white, whitish

Words nearby Waxen

wax tree, waxahachie, waxberry, waxbill, waxcloth, waxen, waxer, waxeye, waxing, waxing moon, waxleaf privet

Origin of Waxen

2before 900; Middle English waxen, Old English weaxan; cognate with German wachsen; akin to waist

Words that may be confused with Waxen

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, waxwane, wax

Other words from Waxen

wax·a·ble , adjective
wax·like , adjective

Word origin for Waxen

of obscure origin; perhaps from the phrase to wax angry

Synonyms for Waxen

waxy, wax-covered