box
/bɑks/ verb B2- To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
- Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
- To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
- To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
- To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
- To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
- To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
- To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
He/she/it boxes · Past boxed · Past participle boxed · -ing form boxing
Verb forms
- Base form
- box
- He/she/it
- boxes
- Past
- boxed
- Past participle
- boxed
- -ing form
- boxing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
But he at once unlocked their spectacles, which he put back into the green box, and gave them many good wishes to carry with them.
You seemed to me to come out of the floor like a jack-in-a-box.”
It would fit into any box.
Come, father” added Dantès, “put this money back in your box—unless neighbor Caderousse wants anything, and in that case it is at his service.”
Other matches
- box A cuboid space A1
- box To strike with the fists C2
- box A blow with the fist. C2
- box A Mediterranean food fish of the genus Boops, w... C2
- box Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of gen... C2
- box in To enclose by drawing a box around.
- box off To turn the head of a vessel either way by brac...
- box out To position oneself between an opposition playe...
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