verb
Meaning 1
To enclose by drawing a box around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
box in
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verb
Meaning 2
To trap or immobilize something, usually a vehicle, by placing obstacles, usually other vehicles, around it to obstruct its free movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To limit someone's freedom of thought, movement, expression, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
enclose or confine as if in a box
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: box up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: enclose, hold in, confine
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 畫框圍住 /画框围住 (huà kuàng wéizhù) — enclose by drawing a box around
- Finnish: piirtää ruutu ympärille (jonkun) — enclose by drawing a box around
- French: emboîter — enclose by drawing a box around
- Polish: odgradzać — enclose by drawing a box around
- Polish: odgrodzić — enclose by drawing a box around
- Spanish: encajonar — enclose by drawing a box around
- Chinese Mandarin: 圍堵 /围堵 (wéidǔ) — immobilize something
- Finnish: ahdistaa nurkkaan — immobilize something
- Finnish: saartaa — immobilize something
- Polish: blokować — immobilize something
- Polish: zablokowywać — immobilize something
- Polish: zablokować — immobilize something
- Polish: przyblokowywać — immobilize something
- Polish: przyblokować — immobilize something
- Spanish: encajonar — immobilize something
- Chinese Mandarin: 鉗制 /钳制 (qiánzhì) — limit someone's freedom
- Finnish: rajoittaa — limit someone's freedom
- Polish: ograniczać — limit someone's freedom
- Polish: ograniczyć — limit someone's freedom
- Spanish: encajonar — limit someone's freedom