ALL meanings of boxes
box
B b - noun boxes an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Buxus, especially B. sempervirens, having shiny, elliptic, dark-green leaves, used for ornamental borders, hedges, etc., and yielding a hard, durable wood. 1
- noun boxes the wood itself. 1
- noun boxes any of various other shrubs or trees, especially species of eucalyptus. 1
- verb with object boxes Nautical. to boxhaul (often followed by off). 1
- verb with object boxes Meteorology. to fly around the center of a storm in a boxlike pattern in order to gather meteorological data: to box a storm. 1
- idioms boxes box the compass, Nautical. to recite all of the points of the compass in a clockwise order. 1
- verb without object boxes to fight with the fists; participate in a boxing match; spar. 1
- verb without object boxes to be a professional or experienced prizefighter or boxer: He has boxed since he was 16. 1
- noun boxes plural of box. 0
- verb boxes third-person singular simple present indicative form of box. 0