boxing

1. 1
   noununcountable

   A sport where two people hit each other with padded gloves to score points or win by knockout.

   He took up boxing to get fit and learn to defend himself.

   Boxing is one of the oldest sports at the Olympic Games.

   Similarpugilism, prizefighting

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of box. Use this form to talk about fighting with fists that is happening right now.

   He is boxing against last year's champion tonight.

   The two friends spent the whole evening boxing in the garage.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Material used to make boxes or outer cases.

   The factory ordered fresh boxing for packing the season's fruit.

   We ran out of boxing before all the goods were wrapped.

   Similarpackaging

4. 4
   noununcountable

   A case or cover built around something, or around part of a building.

   The builder put wooden boxing around the old window frame.

   We painted the boxing under the edge of the roof white.

   Similarcasing, cladding, encasement

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   When a program wraps a simple value inside an object so it can be used where an object is needed.

   Like putting a coin inside a small box so it can sit on a shelf that only holds boxes.

   Boxing lets the program treat a plain number as an object.

   Too much boxing can slow the program down.

   Oppositeunboxing

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