🇬🇧 Box meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To box means to fight with another person in the sport of boxing, where you both wear big padded gloves, follow special safety rules, and use your fists to punch, block, and move around in a ring while a referee watches to keep everyone safe.

Grandpa said he used to box, then he tried to show us and pulled a muscle opening the snack drawer.

My cousin wanted to box me, but he was so busy flexing that the round ended before he threw a punch.

The champion promised to box seriously, then tripped over the microphone wire during his grand entrance.

I tried to box like a superhero, but my cape got stuck on the ropes and defeated me first.

Professional boxers box in timed rounds inside a ring, and the padded gloves they wear were invented to make the sport safer for their hands and faces.

She laced her gloves and stepped into the strip of light to box. Her coach told her to box softly, to box fast, to box clean. She did box, then ducked a hard right and landed one quiet left. The bell saved them; she smiled, breathing hard, glad to box again tomorrow.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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