cox
To act as coxswain forTo act as coxswain for.
» Russets and Coxes are far nicer apples than Granny Smiths and Braeburns.
Egremont Russet und Cox Orange sind weitaus bessere Äpfel als Granny Smith und Braeburn. — Waldelfe
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1 sensesTo act as coxswain for.
The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.
I coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.
act as the coxswain, in a boat race
Examples
1 sentencesRussets and Coxes are far nicer apples than Granny Smiths and Braeburns.
deEgremont Russet und Cox Orange sind weitaus bessere Äpfel als Granny Smith und Braeburn. — Waldelfe
Origin
Clipping of coxswain.Clipping of coxswain.
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Forms
coxes, coxing, coxed, coxedWord family
1 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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.