boxing

n. sport in which two men fight with punches

v. fight with fists; put in crates, put in boxes

For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation).Boxing (or pugilism) is a combat sport of English origin in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. Victory is achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten (a Knockout, or KO) or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue (a Technical Knockout, or TKO). If there is no stoppage of the fight before an agreed number of rounds, a winner is determined either by the referee's decision or by judges' scorecards.
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Noun
1. fighting with the fists
(synonym) pugilism, fisticuffs
(hypernym) contact sport
(hyponym) professional boxing
(derivation) box
(class) below the belt
2. the enclosure of something in a package or box
(synonym) packing
(hypernym) enclosure, enclosing, envelopment, inclosure
(hyponym) bundling
(derivation) box, package

Noun
1. a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
(hypernym) container
(hyponym) ballot box
(part-meronym) base
(derivation) package
2. private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty"
(synonym) loge
(hypernym) compartment
(hyponym) skybox
(part-holonym) balcony
(part-meronym) box seat
3. the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates"
(synonym) boxful
(hypernym) containerful
4. a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"
(synonym) corner
(hypernym) predicament, quandary, plight
5. a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"
(hypernym) rectangle
6. evergreen shrubs or small trees
(synonym) boxwood
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) common box, European box, Buxus sempervirens
(member-holonym) Buxus, genus Buxus
(substance-meronym) boxwood, Turkish boxwood
7. any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"
(hypernym) area
(hyponym) batter's box
(part-holonym) ball field, baseball field, diamond
8. the driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver"
(synonym) box seat
(hypernym) seat
(part-holonym) coach, four-in-hand, coach-and-four
9. separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"
(hypernym) compartment
(hyponym) jury box
10. a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"
(hypernym) blow
Verb
1. put into a box; "box the gift, please"
(synonym) package
(antonym) unbox
(hypernym) encase, incase, case
2. hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!"
(hypernym) hit
3. engage in a boxing match
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) spar
(classification) sport, athletics

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Box
  

(n.)
The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form.
  

(n.)
The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.
  

(n.)
The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
  

(n.)
Material used in making boxes or casings.
  

(n.)
Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.
  

<computer> 1. A computer; especially in the construction "foo box" where foo is some functional qualifier, like "graphics", or the name of an operating system (thus, "Unix box", "MS-DOS box", etc.) "We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe." The plural "boxen" is sometimes seen.
2. Without qualification in an IBM SNA site, "box" refers specifically to an IBM front-end processor.
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