Boxing - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Boxing :  (noun)
1: fighting with the fists [syn: pugilism, fisticuffs]
2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn: packing]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Box \Box\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Boxing.] 1. To inclose in a box.

2. To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.

3. (Arch.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.

To box a tree, to make an incision or hole in a tree for the purpose of procuring the sap.

To box off, to divide into tight compartments.

To box up. (a) To put into a box in order to save; as, he had boxed up twelve score pounds. (b) To confine; as, to be boxed up in narrow quarters.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Boxing : \Box"ing\, n. 1. The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation.

2. Material used in making boxes or casings.

3. Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing.

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

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Boxing : \Box"ing\, n. The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Boxing

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