wax1
  
  n.
  - beeswax. ▸a white translucent material obtained by bleaching and purifying beeswax, used to make candles and polishes. ▸any similar viscous substance, especially a lipid or hydrocarbon. 
- informal used in reference to gramophone records.
v.
  - polish or treat with wax. ▸remove hair from (a part of the body) by applying wax and then peeling it off with the hairs. 
- informal make a recording of.
Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE wæx, weax, of Gmc origin.
 
  
    
wax2
  
  v.
   - (of the moon) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to increase in size.
- literary become larger or stronger.
- speak or write in the specified manner:![]()  they waxed lyrical about the old days. 
Etymology
  OE weaxan, of Gmc origin.
 
  
    
wax3
  
  n.
 Brit. informal, dated a fit of anger.
Etymology
  C19: origin uncertain; perh. from phrs such as wax angry.