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wax

/waks/

US pronunciation
American sound/waks/
wax
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
IPA vowel pattern
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Clear final sound

US voice -> wax

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဖယောင်း။ပျားဖယောင်း။

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wax1 /wæks/ n [U]

၁။ (also beeswax ) (က) ပျားဖယောင်း။
(ခ) ပုံသွင်းပျားဖယောင်း။
၂။ ရေနံဖယောင်းကဲ့သို့ အရည်ပျော်လွယ်သည့် အဆီခဲတစ်မျိုးမျိုး။ a wax candle ❍ wax polish. See also paraffin wax, sealing wax
၃။ နားဖာချေး။
v (က) (ဖယောင်းဖြင့်) အရောင်တင်သည်။ wax the floor/the furniture/the car. (ခ) (esp passive) ဖယောင်းတင်သည်။ waxed paper/thread ❍ a waxed jacket. (ဂ) ဖယောင်းနှင့် အမွေးချွတ်သည်။ wax one's legs.
❏ waxen /'wæksn/ adj (fml ) (ဖယောင်းကဲ့သို့) ချောမွတ်သော၊ ဖြူဖျော့သော။ a waxen face.
❏ waxy adj ဖယောင်းသားနှင့်တူသော။ waxy skin ❍ waxy potatoes ❍ leaves with a waxy coating.

wax2 /wæks/ v

၁။ လဆန်းသည်။ Compare wane ၁
၂။ (rhet ) (ရေးရာ၊ ပြောရာ၌) ချဲ့သည်။ He waxed lyrical about/on the subject of new business methods.
❏ wax and wane [IDM ] (လောကဓံသဘောအရ) နိမ့်တုံ မြင့်တုံ။ Throughout history empires have waxed and waned.

More examples
  • A ball of wax
  • A wax candle
Synonyms
polish, shine, buff, augment, become, become large, beeswax, buff up, build, candlewax, come, crude wax, develop, dilate, enlarge, expand, fill out, fuller, get bigger, get to, grow, grow full, heighten, honeycomb, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, put a shine on, rise, run, start to be, swell, turn, upsurge
Antonyms
abridge, cease, compress, contract, decline, decrease, diminish, drop, fall, halt, lessen, lower, recede, reduce, shrink, slump, stop, wane
Cross references
polishshinebuffaugmentbecomebecome largebeeswaxbuff upbuildcandlewaxcomecrude waxdevelopdilateenlargeexpandfill outfullerget biggerget togrowgrow fullheightenhoneycombincreasemagnifymountmultiply
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