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unwax

unwax verb: to remove wax from.

Verb

unwax (third-person singular simple present unwaxes, present participle unwaxing, simple past and past participle unwaxed)

  1. (transitive) To remove wax from.
    • On the other hand, the god was known to be singularly obtuse, so that petitioning women had to peel open the divine eyelids and unwax the divine ears.2011, Catherine Lim, The Bondmaid

Forms of unwax

third-person singular presentunwaxes
present participleunwaxing
past participleunwaxed
pastunwaxed

Origin of unwax

From un- + wax.

Questions about unwax

What does unwax mean?
Unwax means to remove wax from.
What part of speech is unwax?
Unwax is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwax?
The past tense of unwax is unwaxed.

Words near unwax in the dictionary

  1. unwavered
  2. unwavering
  3. unwaveringly
  4. unwaveringness
  5. unwaving
  6. unwax
  7. unwaxed
  8. unwaxes
  9. unwaxing
  10. unwaxy
  11. unwayed

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