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waxy


 
  Grep  of  noun  waxy 
  waxycap 
 
  Overview  of  adj  waxy 
 
  The  adj  waxy  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  waxen,  waxy  --  (made  of  or  covered  with  wax;  "waxen  candles";  "careful,  the  floor  is  waxy") 
  2.  waxlike,  waxy,  ceraceous  --  (resembling  or  covered  with  wax;  "as  shiny  as  a  waxy  pippin";  "the  ceraceous  surface  of  the  leaves") 
  3.  waxen,  waxlike,  waxy  --  (having  the  paleness  of  wax;  "the  poor  face  with  the  same  awful  waxen  pallor"-  Bram  Stoker;  "the  soldier  turned  his  waxlike  features  toward  him";  "a  thin  face  with  a  waxy  paleness") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  waxy 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  waxy 
 
  Sense  2 
  waxlike,  waxy,  ceraceous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  smooth)  ->  rough,  unsmooth 
 
  Sense  3 
  waxen,  waxlike,  waxy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  colorless)  ->  colorful,  colourful 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  waxy 
 
  3  senses  of  waxy 
 
  Sense  1 
  waxen,  waxy 
  Pertains  to  noun  wax  (Sense  1) 
  =>wax 
  =>  lipid,  lipide,  lipoid 
 
  Sense  2 
  waxlike,  waxy,  ceraceous 
  =>  smooth  (vs.  rough) 
 
  Sense  3 
  waxen,  waxlike,  waxy 
  =>  colorless  (vs.  colorful),  colourless 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  waxy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  waxy 
 
  waxy  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  waxy 
  waxy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  waxy 
 
  The  adj  waxy  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  waxen,  waxy  --  (made  of  or  covered  with  wax;  "waxen  candles";  "careful,  the  floor  is  waxy") 
  2.  waxlike,  waxy,  ceraceous  --  (resembling  or  covered  with  wax;  "as  shiny  as  a  waxy  pippin";  "the  ceraceous  surface  of  the  leaves") 
  3.  waxen,  waxlike,  waxy  --  (having  the  paleness  of  wax;  "the  poor  face  with  the  same  awful  waxen  pallor"-  Bram  Stoker;  "the  soldier  turned  his  waxlike  features  toward  him";  "a  thin  face  with  a  waxy  paleness") 



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