WAXED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does waxed mean? 

• WAXED (adjective)
  The adjective WAXED has 1 sense:

1. treated with wax

  Familiarity information: WAXED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAXED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treated with wax

Context example:

waxed mustache

Antonym:

unwaxed (not waxed)

 Context examples 

And as he said, it seemed God hated him too much to let him die, for he ultimately grew better and waxed more malignant than ever.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And as they waxed maudlin he studied them, watching the beast rise and master them and thanking God that he was no longer as they.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was all very silly, he knew; but therefore the more outrage to his dignity, and his anger waxed and waxed.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Out of the black shadows there glimmered little red circles of light, now bright, now faint, as the burning poison waxed or waned in the bowls of the metal pipes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A dapper little man, with a quick, alert manner and a waxed moustache, had just descended from a high dog-cart.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The backers of Cherokee waxed jubilant and offered ridiculous odds.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

By the black rood! it is a good piece of yew, well nocked, well strung, well waxed, and very joyful to the feel.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She took a new needleful of thread, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand, and then observed, with perfect composure—It is hardly likely master would laugh, I should think, Miss, when he was in such danger: You must have been dreaming.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In loud voices they shouted over the day’s fighting, wrangled about details, or waxed affectionate and made friends with the men whom they had fought.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was brought about by a conversation in the Eldorado Saloon, in which men waxed boastful of their favorite dogs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)