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synonyms for wax

  • augment
  • become
  • build
  • come
  • develop
  • dilate
  • enlarge
  • expand
  • grow
  • heighten
  • increase
  • magnify
  • mount
  • multiply
  • rise
  • run
  • swell
  • turn
  • upsurge
  • fill out
  • get bigger
  • get to
  • grow full
See also synonyms for: waxing / waxlike

antonyms for wax

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  • abridge
  • cease
  • compress
  • contract
  • decline
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • drop
  • fall
  • halt
  • lessen
  • lower
  • recede
  • reduce
  • shrink
  • slump
  • stop
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How to use wax in a sentence

Online multiplayer gamesThe popularity of various multiplayer games waxes and wanes.
VIDEO GAMING IS FOR EVERYBODY NOW. HERE’S HOW TO GET BACK INTO IT.HARRY GUINNESSJANUARY 25, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCE
Since the portions are wrapped in wax paper, they can be easily separated.
HINTS FROM HELOISE: GETTING VITAMIN D INTO YOUR DIETHELOISE HELOISEJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The faster the economy is waxing, the more profitable new investments become, and the more companies compete for the capital needed to fund those investments.
INVESTING LEGENDS CARL ICAHN AND JEREMY GRANTHAM SEE A STOCK MARKET BUBBLESHAWN TULLYJANUARY 8, 2021FORTUNE
Flushing out every bit of it means there’s nothing to attract dirt, and it also makes room for the wax to penetrate and bond to the chain.
YOU SHOULD HOT-WAX YOUR BIKE CHAINS. HERE'S WHY.JOE LINDSEYNOVEMBER 6, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Lay chain in the pot, on top of the wax, as flat as possible.
YOU SHOULD HOT-WAX YOUR BIKE CHAINS. HERE'S WHY.JOE LINDSEYNOVEMBER 6, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
Repeat once or twice, then dry completely overnight before waxing again.
YOU SHOULD HOT-WAX YOUR BIKE CHAINS. HERE'S WHY.JOE LINDSEYNOVEMBER 6, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
That means its loan portfolio should wax a perhaps a point faster than the real growth in the economy.
BANK OF AMERICA JUST ENDED A WEAK QUARTER—BUT THERE WERE 3 LITTLE-NOTICED BRIGHT SPOTSSHAWN TULLYOCTOBER 18, 2020FORTUNE
The Trucker is one of those jackets you’ll have for a lifetime, thanks to its incredibly durable waxed-cotton shell.
7 OF OUR FAVORITE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FALL LAYERSJAKOB SCHILLEROCTOBER 3, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
It’s made of vegan eco-friendly soy wax and is made in the USA.
LOOKING FOR A SMALL GIFT IDEA? TRY ONE OF THESE SCENTED CANDLESPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMSEPTEMBER 29, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT
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WORDS RELATED TO WAX

  • bang up
  • beat up
  • bung up
  • corrupt
  • cut up
  • damage
  • defile
  • deprave
  • desecrate
  • harm
  • hose
  • ill-treat
  • impair
  • maltreat
  • mar
  • mess up
  • mishandle
  • mistreat
  • misuse
  • molest
  • oppress
  • persecute
  • pollute
  • rough up
  • roughhouse
  • ruin
  • shake up
  • spoil
  • taint
  • total
  • victimize
  • violate
  • wax
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