Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to box
Participle: boxed
Gerund: boxing
Indicative
Present
| I | box |
| you | box |
| he;she;it | boxes |
| we | box |
| you | box |
| they | box |
Perfect
| I | have boxed |
| you | have boxed |
| he;she;it | has boxed |
| we | have boxed |
| you | have boxed |
| they | have boxed |
Past
| I | boxed |
| you | boxed |
| he;she;it | boxed |
| we | boxed |
| you | boxed |
| they | boxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had boxed |
| you | had boxed |
| he;she;it | had boxed |
| we | had boxed |
| you | had boxed |
| they | had boxed |
Future
| I | will box |
| you | will box |
| he;she;it | will box |
| we | will box |
| you | will box |
| they | will box |
Future Perfect
| I | will have boxed |
| you | will have boxed |
| he;she;it | will have boxed |
| we | will have boxed |
| you | will have boxed |
| they | will have boxed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | box |
| you | box |
| he;she;it | box |
| we | box |
| you | box |
| they | box |
Perfect
| I | have boxed |
| you | have boxed |
| he;she;it | have boxed |
| we | have boxed |
| you | have boxed |
| they | have boxed |
Imperfect
| I | boxed |
| you | boxed |
| he;she;it | boxed |
| we | boxed |
| you | boxed |
| they | boxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had boxed |
| you | had boxed |
| he;she;it | had boxed |
| we | had boxed |
| you | had boxed |
| they | had boxed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would box |
| you | would box |
| he;she;it | would box |
| we | would box |
| you | would box |
| they | would box |
Perfect
| I | would have boxed |
| you | would have boxed |
| he;she;it | would have boxed |
| we | would have boxed |
| you | would have boxed |
| they | would have boxed |
Imperative
| you | box |
| we | Let's box |
| you | box |
Verbs conjugated like 'box'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'box'
bob,
bog,
boo,
bop,
bot,
bow,
boy,
cox,
dox,
fox,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
3. Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs)
4. Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
5. Late Latin buxisbor.
6. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
7. Old English box
8. Middle English box
9. English box
10. From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and πύξος (púxos, “box tree; boxwood”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
11. Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”).
12. The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.
13. (motor racing): Used since it is more distinct over the radio compared to pit. Also from German Boxenstopp (“pit stop”). See: Swedish '
bössa'.
Verbs referencing "box"
German, old spelling
boxen, Esperanto
boksi, Scots Gaelic
bocsaig, Dutch
boksen, Valencian
boxar, Ido boxar, Valencian
boxejar, Norwegian
bokse, Norwegian, nynorsk
bokse, Welsh
bocsio.
Sample Sentences
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He also testified that the reason he crated the one machine and boxed the other was because one machine was stronger and the other frailer, and that made it dangerous to crate it. [1917, “Edwin B. Stimpson Co. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co.”, in New York Supplement, volume 164, page 71:]
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Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes. [1991 August, Karen Motylewski, “Surveying Your Own Institution: What Do You Need to Know?”, in What an Institution Can Do to Survey Its Own Preservation Needs (Technical Leaflet: General Preservation; 508-470-1010), Andover, Mass.: Northeast Document Conservation Center, →OCLC, section V.D.6 (Scrapbooks and Ephemera), page 21; reprinted in Sherry Byrne, Collection Maintenance and Improvement (Preservation Planning Program), Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, 1993, →ISBN, page 87:]
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"I best get busy and box up these bones," she said, suddenly anxious to get moving. […] As she started to step around the grave washed out by last night's rainstorm, the sun caught on something caught in the mud. [2017, B. J. Daniels, “Gun-shy Bride”, in Cold Justice, 2nd Australian paperback edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Harlequin Mills & Boon, →ISBN, chapter 1:]
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A large majority of children seem to delight in emotionally boxing in their parents—setting the double-bind trap by giving the parent two choices but determining ahead of time that neither choice will be sufficient for their satisfaction. [1996, Bill Borcherdt, “The Door Swings Both Ways: When Children Double Bind Their Parents”, in Making Families Work and What to Do when They Don’t: Thirty Guides for Imperfect Parents of Imperfect Children (Haworth Marriage and the Family), New York, N.Y.: The Haworth Press, →ISBN; republished Binghamton, N.Y.: The Haworth Press, 2007, →ISBN, page 65:]
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Straining eliminates lumps in the paint. If the paint has separated, stir the thick paint up from the bottom of each can to free as many lumps as possible. Then box the paint, pouring it all together through a nylon paint strainer and into the bucket. Paint less than one year old usually doesn't require straining. Older paint might have a thick skin on the top; remove the skin and set it aside. Box the paint, pouring it through a nylon paint strainer into the bucket. [2004, Brian Santos, “Painting Like a Pro”, in Painting Secrets from Brian Santos, the Wall Wizard, Des Moines, Iowa: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 95:]
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The early settlers either boxed the tree or cut large slanting gashes, from the lower end of which a rudely fashioned spout conducted the sap to a bucket. This method was very destructive to the tree, and boring was substituted for it. [1918 April, F. L. B., “The Maple Sugar Industry”, in Forest Leaves, volume XVI, number 8 (number 184 overall), Philadelphia, Pa.: Pennsylvania Forestry Association, →OCLC, page 115, column 2:]
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As early as the 1850s, prisons were being made "safer" by boxing in water pipes and enclosing galleries with netting to prevent jumping. [2013, Ronald V[ictor] Clarke, David Lester, “Introduction to the Transaction Edition”, in Suicide: Closing the Exits, New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page ix:]
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[T]he death of the said deceased Daniel Docherty, while in the defender's employment as an engineman, […] is alleged to have been owing to the engine house, which contained the engine of which the deceased had charge, being of a dangerous and improper construction, and the fly-wheel not having been boxed in or covered: […] [1862 February 25, Archibald Alison (judge), “Sarah Hamil, or Docherty, relict of the deceased Daniel Docherty, Agnes Docherty, and Sarah Docherty, residing with her, his daughters and only children, v. James Alexander, Glasgow, Calenderer, defender”, in The Scottish Law Magazine and Sheriff Court Reporter, volume I (New Series), Glasgow: Thomas Murray & Son, […]; Edinburgh: Maclachlan and Stewart, published December 1862, →OCLC, page 41, column 1:]
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“Okay Lewis, so box this lap, box, box” [2020 February 7, Greg Stuart, “A beginner’s guide to… F1 slang”, in F1:]