to increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.-to pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.-a fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. it is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. its natural color is pale or dull yellow.-hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.-cerumen, or earwax.-a waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.-a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.-a substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the chinese wax.  see wax insect, below.-a waxlike product secreted by certain plants.  see vegetable wax, under vegetable.-a substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.-thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.-to smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.