(n.) A tree or shrub, flourishing in different parts of the world. The common box (Buxus sempervirens) has two varieties, one of which, the dwarf box (B. suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc.
(n.) A receptacle or case of any firm material and of various shapes.
(n.) The quantity that a box contain.
(n.) A space with a few seats partitioned off in a theater, or other place of public amusement.
(n.) A chest or any receptacle for the deposit of money; as, a poor box; a contribution box.
(n.) A small country house.
(n.) A boxlike shed for shelter; as, a sentry box.
(n.) An axle box, journal box, journal bearing, or bushing.
(n.) A chamber or section of tube in which a valve works; the bucket of a lifting pump.
(n.) The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.
(n.) A present in a box; a present; esp. a Christmas box or gift.
(n.) The square in which the pitcher stands.
(n.) A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.
(v. t.) To inclose in a box.
(v. t.) To furnish with boxes, as a wheel.
(v. t.) To inclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to bring to a required form.
(n.) A blow on the head or ear with the hand.
(v. i.) To fight with the fist; to combat with, or as with, the hand or fist; to spar.
(v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist, especially to strike on the ear, or on the side of the head.
(v. t.) To boxhaul.
Example Sentences:
(1) Would people feel differently about it if, for instance, it happened on Boxing Day or Christmas Eve?
(2) In the absence of an authentic target for the MASH proteins, we examined their DNA binding and transcriptional regulatory activity by using a binding site (the E box) from the muscle creatine kinase (MCK) gene, a target of MyoD.
(3) However, valid electroacoustic evaluation of the DMHAs cannot be accomplished using the conventional hearing aid test box.
(4) An AT-rich stretch is centered at position -31 with respect to the transcription initiation site, and a potential CCAAT box is centered at position -138.
(5) Calves were fed milk replacer twice daily while housed indoors in wooden-slatted floor box crates (metabolism cages).
(6) In contrast, BTEB repressed the activity of a promoter containing BTE, a single GC box of the CYP1A1 gene that is stimulated by Sp1.
(7) The protein sequence of the homoeo domain is identical to that encoded by Hu-1, one of a the pair of closely linked homoeo boxes in the human genome.
(8) It was sent into the box and Jaap Stam's free header went towards Kaka at the far post.
(9) But as an entertaining family experience, it ticks almost every box.
(10) Piedmont’s research, which was conducted among 3,000 filmgoers and weighted to the demographics of the cinemagoing public, is not the same as the Hollywood tracking system, which delivers predictions of box-office success.
(11) Illustration by Andrzej Krause Photograph: Guardian The Foreign Office attributed the forgotten boxes to "an earlier misunderstanding about contents" and stated that there needed to be an "improvement in archive management".
(12) Although the islet promoter was found to lack a TATA box, a major transcript from the islet promoter was mapped 486 nucleotides upstream of the translation initiation site.
(13) We conclude that the activity of the gamma-subunit gene is determined largely by E boxes, which in vivo are likely to be activated by MyoD family proteins; in addition, other transactivators such as the M-CAT binding protein presumably play a role.
(14) There was an upstream "HTF" island (Hpa II tiny fragments) followed by four direct repeats of the "chorion box" enhancer.
(15) While there would inevitably be some interaction, Gibbs said, "I do not think the president approaches it like a boxing match."
(16) Weir soon has to hack away a cross from Bodmer which would otherwise have found Govou in the box.
(17) LU, a branch of the London mayor's Transport for London authority, claims that Aslef is seeking triple-time pay and an extra day off for members working on Boxing Day.
(18) Now another deep cross is thrown into the box and Guzan leaps to claim it, but can only parry it down and pick up the second ball.
(19) The spacing between the G-box sequences proved to be important for the full induction of gene expression.
(20) The Liverpool manager was incensed by Lee Mason's performance at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day, when a 2-1 defeat cost his team the Premier League leadership and Raheem Sterling had a first half goal disallowed for an incorrect offside call.
Pew
Definition:
(n.) One of the compartments in a church which are separated by low partitions, and have long seats upon which several persons may sit; -- sometimes called slip. Pews were originally made square, but are now usually long and narrow.
(n.) Any structure shaped like a church pew, as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in theater; a pen; a sheepfold.
(v. t.) To furnish with pews.
Example Sentences:
(1) A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that for most people, access to the internet without government censorship is important.
(2) The survey by the Pew Research Centre found that 18% now say that the US president is a Muslim, up from 11% in March 2009.
(3) Image: Courtesy of Pew Research Center The data also show why autocrats might have reason to fear open discussions in cyberspace.
(4) "Users clearly want the option of being anonymous online and increasingly worry that this is not possible," said Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project.
(5) Sometimes to do the right thing, you have to break a law.” In a Pew Research poll of Americans earlier this year 57% of 18 to 29-year-olds said Snowden’s leaks had served the public interest but respondents 65 and over disagreed.
(6) If it doesn’t, you know, most likely we’re not living what we’re supposed to be living.” Data from Pew released in anticipation of the pope’s US visit corroborates what Dr. Ospino is saying about “authentic Catholics” and US Latinos: unlike many of their white Catholic counterparts, “Latino Catholics tend to be more aligned with the church” and its views on a host of issues.
(7) The Pew survey of 1,511 adults was carried out over four days starting on the day after the first presidential TV debate last week.
(8) A recent Pew poll showed that 68% of people think privacy protections online don’t go far enough .
(9) Based on the findings of the new "Portrait of Jewish Americans" survey from the Pew Research Center , Republicans will need to find a different key.
(10) Pew also found that 68% of internet users think current laws are not protecting their privacy enough online, while 50% are worried about the amount of personal information about them that's online – up from 33% in a similar survey in 2009.
(11) According to the Pew Research Internet Project 22% of online African Americans are Twitter users, compared with 16% of online whites.
(12) My colleague guided me across the threshold into Ntarama church and steadied me on the first-row pew.
(13) Pew’s motivation for funding this work is a general concern that, in a climate of change in the media industry, different funding models are needed for modern journalism – particularly for science and environment reporting.
(14) According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Project, 43% of Russian internet users regularly use Facebook and Twitter, up from 33% the year before.
(15) Research by Reuters found that Americans support Apple, while polling by Pew found that the public are on the side of the FBI , the complex topic and emotive language used on both sides often confusing respondents.
(16) I wish that I could just bask in the knowledge that the pope and the people in the pews share many of my views for a transformed church.
(17) Other leaders, though, are in the doghouse, Pew said: "Compounding their doubts about the Brussels-based European Union , Europeans are losing faith in the capacity of their own national leaders to cope with the economy's woes.
(18) Yet there he was grinning from a pew in Westminster Abbey, using the occasion to "represent my nation" and boost his presidential aura.
(19) But Pew's research also underscores the unfulfilled nature of Latino political power.
(20) Contrasting the Pew survey with Sidoti’s comments, a clear picture emerges: western millennials believe that we’re failures – immoral and irresponsible.