Past tense of box
regular verb
The past tense of box is boxed. The past participle is also boxed.
Forms of box
| Base form (V1) | box /bɒks/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | boxed /bɒkst/ |
| Past participle (V3) | boxed /bɒkst/ |
| Present participle | boxing /ˈbɒksɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | boxes /ˈbɑksɪz/ |
Boxed in a sentence
- He also testified that the reason he crated the one machine and boxed the other was because one machine was stronger and the other frailer, and that made it dangerous to crate it.1917, “Edwin B. Stimpson Co. v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co.”, in New York Supplement, volume 164, page 71
- Scrapbooks that have enduring value in their original form should be individually boxed in custom-fitted boxes.1991 August, Karen Motylewski, “Surveying Your Own Institution: What Do You Need to Know?”, in What an Institution Can Do to Survey Its Own...
- I've boxed in exhibition bouts to entertain the crowds.From the entry bout
- The books are boxed, ready for shipping.From the entry boxed
- While all games, theoretically, are exposed to a huge player-base before a single boxed copy is sold.2019 September 5, Tom Hoggins, “Gears 5: How Xbox's big Game Pass gamble could shape the future of the gaming industry”, in Chris Evans…. From the entry player-base
Meaning of box
- noun A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.
- noun A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
- noun A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc.
Questions about the past tense of box
- What is the past tense of box?
- The past tense of box is boxed.
- What is the past participle of box?
- The past participle of box is boxed.
- Is box a regular or irregular verb?
- Box is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: box (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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