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# boxers

«boxers» in Mova's school dictionary: **loose cotton underpants for men and boys that look like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, plural (boxers; a pair of boxers); singular «boxer» (a boxer, boxers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Boxers (boxer shorts) are loose cotton underpants for men and boys that look like short shorts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#m1)

2) Boxers are people who fight with their fists in padded gloves in the sport of boxing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#m2)

3) A boxer is also a breed of strong, short-haired dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is mostly about underwear (in a clothes shop, laundry, packing for a trip) or about the sport of boxing. In stories it tells what someone is wearing or that people are fighting in a ring. Phrases: «a pair of boxers», «boxer shorts», «professional boxers», «a boxer dog».

### examples

- He packed five pairs of boxers for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x1)
- Dad walked around the house in his boxers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x2)
- The two boxers touched gloves before the fight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x3)
- Boxers train by skipping and running. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x4)
- Our neighbour has a boxer called Max. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x5)
- The boxer won by a knockout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x6)
- Boxer shorts are loose; briefs are tight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x7)
- But on the way they stayed at the court of a king, and it happened that he was holding games, and giving prizes to the best runners, boxers, and quoit-throwers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/#x8)

### note

For underwear «boxers» is plural like «trousers»: «my boxers are clean», «a pair of boxers». For sport and dogs it is the normal plural of «boxer». Underwear talk can make children giggle; it is not rude, just private.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boxers» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boxers/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.