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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ader wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "all wax and no wick"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "animal wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "anwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Arjun wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "baseplate wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bayberry wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "beeswax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "berry wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bikini wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bleached wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blockout wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bone wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Born method of wax plate reconstruction"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bowl wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "boxing wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Brazilian wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Brazil wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "butter of wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "California wax myrtle (Myrica californica"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "candela wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "candelilla wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "candle wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Carbowax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "carding wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "carnauba wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "carving wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "car wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "casting wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "castor wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ceresin wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cetyl esters wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chafe-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chafewax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chaff-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "chaffwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Chinese wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "close as wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cobbler's wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cobblers' wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "crystalline wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cuticle wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dental inlay casting wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dental wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dewax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "earth wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "earthwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ear wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ear-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "earwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "emulsifying wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "epilating wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "esparto wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fig wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Finnish yellow wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fit like wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "floor wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fossil wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "French wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "full bikini wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "full up to dolly's wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gedda wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Geraldton wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ghedda wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "glide wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "glitterwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gondang wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "grafting wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "grave wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "grave-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Galleria mellonella",
"word": "greater wax moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "green wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "greenwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "grip wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hair wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hard wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Hollywood wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hot Hungarian wax pepper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hot wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hot-wax flooding"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Hungarian wax pepper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Indian wax scale"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "inlay casting wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "inlay pattern wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "inlay wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "insect wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Japanese wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Japan wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "keratin wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "kick wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "klister wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lac wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lad of wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lad o' wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Achroia grisella",
"word": "lesser wax moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lost wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lost-wax casting"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lost-wax process"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "man of wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "microcrystalline wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mind your beeswax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mind your own beeswax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mineral wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "modeling wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "modelling wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "montan wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mortuary wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "moustache wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "myrtle wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "neat as wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "none of your beeswax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nose of wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ouricury wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica californica"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "palm wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "paraffin wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "paraffin-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Parowax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "peat wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "penetrating stain wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "petroleum wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pisang wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "plant wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "polen wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "put on wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "release wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rice bran wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rough wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scale wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sealing-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sealing wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "seal-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sealwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "set-up wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shellac wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "shoemakers' wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ski wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "slack wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "soybean wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "soy wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "spermaceti wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "stick to someone like wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sumac wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "surfboard wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "surf wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "TE"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "WAX"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "RAD"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "thermal wax printer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "the whole ball of wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tight as wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "try-in wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tubercle bacillus wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "utility wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "vegetable wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "virgin wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "walling wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax acid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax alcohol"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Syzygium samarangense",
"word": "wax apple"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax bath"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax bean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Phaseolus vulgaris vars.",
"word": "waxbean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Begonia cucullata",
"word": "wax begonia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-berry"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxberry"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-bill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Estrilda spp.",
"word": "waxbill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-billed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Bombycilla spp.",
"word": "waxbird"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax bite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax blockage"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax boot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-bred"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-bush"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-butter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-candle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax candle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax cap"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-chandler"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-chandlery"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-chandry"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax cloth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-cloth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxcloth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-cluster"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-color"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-colour"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax comb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-comb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax crayon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Microloma spp.",
"word": "wax-creeper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-cup"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax currant"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax cylinder"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax dip"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax doll"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax emulsion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax end"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-end"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax engraving"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax expansion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxey"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-eye"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-farthing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax figure"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax flower"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-flower"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Hoya spp.",
"word": "waxflower"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-gland"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Benincasa hispida",
"word": "wax gourd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-hair"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxhead"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-house"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxie"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax injection"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax injector"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax insect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-insect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax jack"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax jambu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax lancing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax lathe"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxleaf privet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ligustrum spp.",
"word": "wax-leaf privet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-leather"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxless skis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax light"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-light"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-like"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxlike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-maker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-making"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax mallow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "Malviscus spp.",
"word": "waxmallow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-man"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax model denture"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-mold"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-mould"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax motor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax museum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax myrtle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"taxonomic": "Morella cerifera",
"word": "wax-myrtle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-nose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-opal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax painting"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax-painting"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax palm"
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"word": "whack"
},
{
"word": "kill"
}
],
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"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"To record."
],
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[
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"record"
]
],
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"(transitive, archaic, usually of a musical or oral performance) To record."
],
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],
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"transitive",
"usually"
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}
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},
{
"ipa": "/wɛks/",
"tags": [
"nonstandard",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æks"
},
{
"homophone": "whacks (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
},
{
"homophone": "wacks"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-us-wax.ogg/En-us-wax.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-us-wax.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-au-wax.ogg",
"tags": [
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],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
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},
{
"enpr": "wĕks"
}
],
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"sense": "phase of a planet",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "нарастване"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phase of a planet",
"word": "croître"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phase of a planet",
"word": "zunehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phase of a planet",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phase of a planet",
"word": "crecer"
}
],
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}
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "outwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "over-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "overwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "thoroughwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "thorow-wax"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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{
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax forth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax in age"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax in eld"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax lyrical"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax to man's estate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wax wode"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "waxing moon"
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},
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},
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{
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"2": "ang",
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},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wassen",
"t": "to greaten"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wassen (“to greaten”)",
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "wachsen",
"t": "to greaten"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Danish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
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"t": "to greaten"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "växa",
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "vaxa",
"t": "to greaten"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽",
"t": "to grow"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wahsjan, “to grow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ἀέξω",
"3": "ἀέξειν"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "auxilium"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "augeo"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "waxes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "waxing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "waxed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wex",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "wox",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "waxed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "waxen",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "forthwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "forwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "packwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "paxwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "paxwaxy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "taxwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "woadwaxen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "woad-waxen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wood-wax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wood-waxen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "woodwax"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "woodwaxen"
}
],
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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "wane"
}
],
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days",
"text": "And so it had always pleased M. Stutz to expect great things from the dark young man whom he had first seen in his early twenties ; and his expectations had waxed rather than waned on hearing the faint bruit of the love of Ivor and Virginia—for Virginia, M. Stutz thought, would bring fineness to a point in a man like Ivor Marlay, […].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To greaten."
],
"id": "en-wax-en-verb-qGWqo8k1",
"links": [
[
"greaten",
"greaten"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, literary) To greaten."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"literary"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to wax poetic ― to become increasingly verbose",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to wax wode ― to become angry",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "to wax eloquent",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume 2, London: Millar, →OCLC, page 289",
"text": "You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1885, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in King Solomon's Mines",
"text": "The stars grew pale and paler still till at last they vanished; the golden moon waxed wan, and her mountain ridges stood out against her sickly face.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie",
"text": "In the night, or the gloomy chambers of the day, fears and misgivings wax strong, but out in the sunlight there is, for a time, cessation even of the terror of death.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To increasingly assume the specified characteristic."
],
"id": "en-wax-en-verb-en:become",
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[
"copulative",
"copular verb"
],
[
"increasingly",
"increasingly"
],
[
"assume",
"assume"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic."
],
"senseid": [
"en:become"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "become"
}
],
"tags": [
"copulative",
"intransitive",
"literary"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "tornar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "worden"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "tulla"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "muuttua"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "devenir"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "werden"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "diventare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "divenire"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "virar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "ficar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "tornar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 91 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to assume specified characteristic",
"word": "devenir"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon."
],
"id": "en-wax-en-verb-l8uU4nnS",
"links": [
[
"moon",
"moon"
],
[
"appear",
"appear"
],
[
"new moon",
"new moon"
],
[
"full moon",
"full moon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of the moon",
"of the moon"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uveličavam se",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "увеличавам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vokse"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "groeien"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "toenemen"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "wassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "kasvaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "croître"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "wachsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "zunehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "afxánomai",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "αυξάνομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gemízo",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "γεμίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "crescere"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "ja",
"english": "grow as a living thing",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seichō suru",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "成長する"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōkiku naru",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "大きくなる"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "ja",
"english": "“to become”",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naru",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"tags": [
"broadly"
],
"word": "なる"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "cresco"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vokse"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "rostan",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "رستن"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vaxšidan",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "وخشیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"word": "crecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "21 16 41 23",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "literary: grow",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "växa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "narastvam",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "нараствам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "créixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yíng",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "盈"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "漸盈"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiànyíng",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "渐盈"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "wassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "kasvaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "croître"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "zunehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gemízei",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"tags": [
"third-person"
],
"word": "γεμίζει"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "crescere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "michiru",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "満ちる"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "hua"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "créisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 6 86 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of the moon: appear larger each night",
"word": "crescer"
},
{
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"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "ワックス"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mitsurō",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "蜜蝋"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "sera"
},
{
"code": "kk",
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"word": "балауыз"
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{
"code": "km",
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"word": "ក្រមួន"
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{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "밀랍"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wakseu",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "왁스"
},
{
"code": "ky",
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"word": "мом"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "khī phœ̄ng",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "ຂີ້ເຜີ້ງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cera"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vasks"
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "lilin"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "xama’"
},
{
"code": "mnc",
"lang": "Manchu",
"roman": "ayan",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "ᠠᠶᠠᠨ"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "meṇ",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "मेण"
},
{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"word": "wax"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "lav",
"sense": "oily, water-resistant substance",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "лав"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "nb",
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"masculine",
"neuter"
],
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{
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"neuter"
],
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],
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
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],
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"neuter"
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],
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{
"code": "ota",
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{
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],
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"masculine"
],
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "pa",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
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"feminine"
],
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],
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],
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"code": "sc",
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"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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],
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],
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],
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"code": "es",
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"masculine"
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"neuter"
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"word": "балавыз"
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{
"code": "te",
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"word": "మైనము"
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{
"code": "te",
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"word": "మైనం"
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"code": "tet",
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"code": "th",
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"code": "tr",
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"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "et",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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],
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{
"code": "el",
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],
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},
{
"code": "ja",
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"word": "왁스"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "phonograph record",
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "fi",
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"ref": "1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 161",
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},
{
"homophone": "wacks"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-wax.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-us-wax.ogg/En-us-wax.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-us-wax.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-wax.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/En-au-wax.ogg/En-au-wax.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-au-wax.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
},
{
"enpr": "wăks"
},
{
"enpr": "wĕks"
}
],
"word": "wax"
}
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