box
To place inside a boxTo place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.
verpacken, einpacken
(transitive)Usually followed by in: to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.
(transitive)To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.
(transitive)To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.
(transitive)To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.
(transitive)To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.
(transitive)To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.
(transitive)To place a value of a primitive type into a casing object.
To enter the pit.
(transitive)To strike with the fists; to punch.
to box someone’s ears
Leave this place before I box you!
boxen
ту́зитьtúzitʹ, отту́зитьottúzitʹ
(transitive)To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.
boxen
engage in a boxing match
(intransitive, stative)To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.
Examples
2316 sentencesWhy did you open the box?
Навіщо ти відкрив коробку? — deniko
ruЗачем ты открыл коробку? — Leopard
How do you make a box?
Як зробити коробку? — mrcenoura
ruКак сделать ящик? — corvard
deWie macht man eine Kiste? — al_ex_an_der
The box is made of wood.
Ящик зроблений з дерева. — ChickenKiev
ruКоробка из дерева. — marafon
deDie Schachtel ist aus Holz. — Manfredo
Do you have safety deposit boxes?
У вас є сейфи? — deniko
ruУ вас есть камеры хранения? — elisei
Hold the box with both hands.
Тримай коробку обома руками. — deniko
ruДержите коробку двумя руками. — paul_lingvo
deHalte die Schachtel mit beiden Händen. — Zaghawa
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), fromFrom Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
From Middle English box (“a blow; a stroke with a weapon”); further origin uncertain, with relation to Proto-Germanic *boki-, whence Danish bask (“a blow; a stripe”), Danish baske (“to flap, move around, beat violently”), Middle Dutch boke (“a blow, a hit”), bōken (“to slap, strike”) (modern Dutch beuken (“to slap”)), West Frisian bûkje, bûtse, bûtsje (“to slap”), West Frisian and Saterland Frisian batsje (“to slap”), Low German betschen (“to slap, beat with a flat hand”), Middle High German buc (“a blow, a stroke”), bochen (“to slap, strike”), and further onomatopoeic shaping.
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Forms
boxes, boxing, boxed, boxedPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
23 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- in the box
- open the box
- in this box
- a box of
- this box is
- box of chocolates
- cardboard box
- lift the box
- put the box
- boxes are empty
- put these boxes
- carry this box