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unwaxes

unwaxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unwax.

Meaning of unwax

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

Questions about unwaxes

What is unwaxes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unwaxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unwax.

Words near unwaxes in the dictionary

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

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