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swell
To become larger at a particular point; curve out; bulge; protrude; specif., to become distended from an abnormal accumulation of fluid in bodily tissue, as from infection or injury
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  1. To become larger at a particular point; curve out; bulge; protrude; specif., to become distended from an abnormal accumulation of fluid in bodily tissue, as from infection or injury
  2. To cause to increase in size, volume, extent, degree, etc.
  3. To cause to swell
polish
To become smooth or shiny by being rubbed:
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  1. To become smooth or shiny by being rubbed:
  2. To refine or remove flaws from; perfect or complete:
  3. To smooth and brighten, as by rubbing
smooth
To become smooth
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  1. To become smooth
  2. To remove wrinkles from by pressing
  3. In a smooth manner
shine
(US) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
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  1. (US) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
  2. To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
  3. (Cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one's clothing.
aggrandize
(Intransitive) To increase or become great.
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  1. (Intransitive) To increase or become great.
  2. To increase the scope of; extend:
  3. To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate:
amplify
To produce amplification of:
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  1. To produce amplification of:
  2. To develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc.
  3. (Electronics) To increase the strength of (an electrical signal) by means of an amplifier
augment
To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity:
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  1. To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity:
  2. To become greater; increase
  3. To become augmented.
boost
To urge others to support; promote
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  1. To urge others to support; promote
  2. To increase; raise:
  3. (Electricity) To increase the voltage of (a circuit).
build
To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to:
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  1. To increase or strengthen by adding gradually to:
  2. To establish a basis for; found or ground:
  3. To increase in amount, force, etc.; grow or intensify
burgeon
To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout
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  1. To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout
  2. To begin to grow or blossom.
  3. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate.
enlarge
(Nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
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  1. (Nautical) To get more astern or parallel with the vessel's course; to draw aft; said of the wind.
  2. To increase the capacity of; to expand; to give free scope or greater scope to; also, to dilate, as with joy, affection, etc.
  3. To become larger; increase in size, extent, etc.; expand
escalate
To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy:
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  1. To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy:
  2. To rise on or as on an escalator
  3. To grow or increase rapidly, often to the point of becoming unmanageable, as prices or wages
expand
(Mathematics) To write (a quantity) as a sum of terms in an extended form.
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  1. (Mathematics) To write (a quantity) as a sum of terms in an extended form.
  2. To become expanded; spread out, unfold, enlarge, etc.
  3. To work out or show the full form of (a contraction, mathematical equation, etc.)
extend
To give added bulk or body to (a substance) by adding another, usually cheaper or inferior, substance
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  1. To give added bulk or body to (a substance) by adding another, usually cheaper or inferior, substance
  2. To cause to move at full gallop. Used of a horse.
  3. To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:
grow
To increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food
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  1. To increase in size and develop toward maturity, as a plant or animal does by assimilating food
  2. To cause to grow; raise:
  3. To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become:
increase
To make greater or larger.
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  1. To make greater or larger.
  2. To multiply; reproduce.
  3. To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
magnify
To make more intense or extreme:
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  1. To make more intense or extreme:
  2. To cause to appear greater, more important, or more extreme than is in fact the case:
  3. To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.
mount
To set in position for use:
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  1. To set in position for use:
  2. To increase in amount, extent, or intensity:
  3. For the names of actual mountains, see the specific element of the name; for example, McKinley, Mount; Olives, Mount of; Blanc, Mont. Other geographic names beginning with Mount are entered under Mount; for example, Mount Vernon; Mount Desert Island.
multiply
(Math.) To find the product of by multiplication
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  1. (Math.) To find the product of by multiplication
  2. To grow in amount, number, or degree:
  3. To increase in number, amount, extent, or degree; specif., to increase by procreation
proliferate
To increase or spread at a rapid rate:
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  1. To increase or spread at a rapid rate:
  2. To multiply rapidly; increase profusely
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.
rise
To puff up or become larger; swell up:
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  1. To puff up or become larger; swell up:
  2. To increase in volume of sound; become louder, shriller, etc.
  3. To cause to rise:
run up
(Idiomatic) To accumulate a debt.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To accumulate a debt.
  2. (Idiomatic) To make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.
  3. (Cricket) of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.
snowball
To increase or accumulate rapidly and uncontrollably, like a ball of snow rolling down a snow-covered hill
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  1. To increase or accumulate rapidly and uncontrollably, like a ball of snow rolling down a snow-covered hill
  2. To grow rapidly in significance, importance, or size:
  3. To cause to grow or increase rapidly.
soar
To glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air
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  1. To glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air
  2. To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
  3. To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:
swell
To cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness
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  1. To cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness
  2. To rise or extend above the surrounding level, as clouds.
  3. To increase in volume or become larger as a result of pressure from within; expand; dilate
upsurge
To surge up.
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  1. To surge up.
  2. (Intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater
beef up
(Idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to
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  1. (Idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to
become
To grow or come to be:
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  1. To grow or come to be:
  2. To grow to be; change or develop into by growth
  3. To come to be
come
In the first person, with relation to the person addressed
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  1. In the first person, with relation to the person addressed
  2. To be due or owed (to)
  3. To get to be; become
get
To bring
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  1. To bring
  2. To be or become; come to be (doing something); come to be (in a situation, condition, etc.)
  3. To become affected with (an illness, for example) by infection or exposure; catch:
grow
To become attached by or as if by the process of growth:
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  1. To become attached by or as if by the process of growth:
  2. To come to be, esp. over a period of time
  3. To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become:
turn
To cause to go in a specific direction; direct:
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  1. To cause to go in a specific direction; direct:
  2. To give a rounded form to:
  3. To get by buying and selling:
Find another word for wax. In this page you can discover 39 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for wax, like: become larger, swell, grow full, polish, smooth, shine, grow, spread, aggrandize, amplify and augment.

Sentence Examples

  • A wax candle stood at each side of the minister's bent bald head with its gray temples.

  • If it fails to form a hard cake on cooling, a known weight of wax may be added and the product re-heated.

  • Industry consists chiefly in corn-milling and the preparation of wax and honey.

  • The principal products are rice, oil-seeds, lac, tussur silk, horns, hides, wax and a little iron.

  • Miracles occur at their shrines, and the surviving relatives who guard them wax rich off the offerings brought.

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