box-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Put into a box; enclose or confine as if in a box.

Commentary: Includes: BOX IN, BOX UP

Examples:
Box the gift, please.
Don't box me in here!
We need to box up the rest of the chocolates before closing.
The other drivers boxed in the 11 car.

Mappings:
VerbNet: pocket-9.10
FrameNet: Placing
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
box_in 1
box_up 1

Sense Number 2: Hit with the fist, possibly as in a boxing match.

Examples:
She really knows how to box.
I'll box your ears!
He boxed for hours that day after work.

Mappings:
VerbNet: meet-36.3-2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NP
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3

Sense Number 3: BOX OUT: deny access to something.

Commentary: Is: BOX OUT
NOTE: Source domain is in basketball but may be used metaphorically.

Examples:
She boxed out her opponent, one of the most imposing guards in the
WNBA.
Don't box me out of this deal!
They boxed him out of their interaction.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NP