Boxed
[bɑkst]
Definition
(adj.) enclosed in or set off by a border or box; 'boxed sections of the report'; 'boxed announcements in the newspaper' .
(adj.) enclosed in or as if in a box; 'boxed cigars'; 'a confining boxed-in space'; 'felt boxed in by the traffic' .
Edited by Juanita--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Box
Editor: Shanna
Examples
- Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: she shook me most soundly, she boxed both my ears, and then left me without a word. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- After the dipping they are subjected to a drying process and then boxed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I was so exasperated that I could have boxed her ears. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The goods are then taken out, and after being inspected are boxed for the market. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Had she seen a domestic or one of her daughters give him a draught of water or smooth his pillow, she would have boxed the intruder's ears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And although my sister instantly boxed my ears, it was highly gratifying to me to see that the answer spoilt his joke, and brought him to a dead stop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Here the rubber markets are located and here the rubber is carefully examined, graded, boxed and shipped to New York or Liverpool. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We have boxed the compass among us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Captain never lost dignity, from having his ears boxed with the Latin Grammar. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Shanna