box

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/bɒks/]

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1. box (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A blow with the fist.

Example: That he hath a neighbourly charitie in him, for he borrowed a boxe of the eare of the Engliſhman, and ſwore he would pay him againe when hee was able : I thinke the Frenchman became his ſuretie, and ſeald vnder for another.

2. box (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To strike with the fists; to punch.

Example: to box someone’s ears

3. box (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

4. box (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

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