Synonyms for box up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : boks |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɒks |
Top 10 synonyms for box up Other synonyms for the word box up
- arrest
- bind
- block off
- blockade
- bottle up
- bound
- box up
- bridle
- bring to naught
- cage
- chain
- check
- choke back
- circle
- circumscribe
- clamp
- close in
- collar
- contain
- control
- cool
- coop
- coop up
- cork
- corner
- corral
- cover
- cover up
- crack down
- cramp
- debar
- delimit
- direct
- encase
- encircle
- enclose
- encompass
- encumber
- enfold
- enshroud
- entrap
- environ
- fasten
- fence
- fence off
- fetter
- gag
- grip
- guide
- hamstring
- handicap
- harness
- hedge
- hem in
- hinder
- hogtie
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- imbue
- immure
- impede
- implant
- impound
- imprison
- include
- induct
- inhibit
- insert
- intern
- jail
- keep
- keep back
- keep down
- keep feeling inside oneself
- keep in line
- keep secret
- kill
- limit
- lock in
- lock up
- manacle
- mew
- mure
- muzzle
- object
- obstruct
- pen
- pinion
- prevent
- proscribe
- pull back
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- set apart
- shackle
- shut in
- shut up
- sit on
- stay
- stymie
- subdue
- suppress
- thwart
- tie down
- tie up
- trap
- veil
- wall
- wall in
- wrap
Définition of box up
Origin :- Old English box "a wooden container," also the name of a type of shrub, from Late Latin buxis, from Greek pyxis "boxwood box," from pyxos "box tree," of uncertain origin. See OED entry for discussion. German Büchse also is a Latin loan word.
- Meaning "compartment at a theater" is from c.1600. Meaning "pigeon-hole at a post office" is from 1832. Meaning "television" is from 1950. Slang meaning "vulva" is attested 17c., according to "Dictionary of American Slang;" modern use seems to date from c.World War II, perhaps originally Australian, on notion of "box of tricks." Box office is 1786; in the figurative sense of "financial element of a performance" it is first recorded 1904. Box lunch (n.) attested from 1899. The box set, "multiple-album, CD or cassette issue of the work of an artist" is attested by 1955.
- As in restrain : verb keep under control; hold back
- As in bottle up : verb hold in check
- As in mew : verb enclose
- As in cramp : verb hinder, restrain
- As in enclose : verb put inside, surround
- “Take the box up to my room,” said the lady to a boy who appeared at this moment.
- Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed
- Now, come up to your room, sweetheart, and Bob'll bring your box up.
- Extract from : « A Lost Cause » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
- They carried the box up to the tent and locked it up in the big chest.
- Extract from : « The Rival Campers » by Ruel Perley Smith
- Put on your veil and gloves and hoist the box up into the tree.
- Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller
- "I don't know—look in that box up there," pointing to the top shelf.
- Extract from : « Juggernaut » by George Cary Eggleston
- Until I yield that box up to him I am safe, since he can only get it from me.
- Extract from : « Mr. Marx's Secret » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Kazu dropped to his knees and held our box up so that we might also see.
- Extract from : « The Image and the Likeness » by John Scott Campbell
- They've managed to get your box up all right, and I expect you'll be wanting to unpack.
- Extract from : « The War-Workers » by E.M. Delafield
- Now go for a walk while I box up the last case of specimens.
- Extract from : « Bee and Butterfly » by Lucy Foster Madison
- Bunny raised the box up again, and held it there with the stick.
- Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While » by Laura Lee Hope
Antonyms for box up
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