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cox
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cox has 2 senses
- cox(n = noun.substance) cyclooxygenase - either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin; Array is a kind of enzyme
- cox(n = noun.person) coxswain - the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew; Array is a kind of helmsman, steerer, steersman
has particulars: cox-1, cyclooxygenase-1, cox-2, cyclooxygenase-2
Derived form verb cox1
Verb cox has 1 sense
- cox(v = verb.social) Array - act as the coxswain, in a boat race; Array is one way to be, follow
Derived form noun cox2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
cox, n. [OE. cokes. Cf. Coax.].
A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [1913 Webster]
"Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cox, n. (in full Cox's orange pippin) a variety of eating-apple with a red-tinged green skin.
Etymology
R. Cox, amateur Eng. fruit grower d. 1825
cox, n. & v.
--n. a coxswain, esp. of a racing-boat.
--v.
1 intr. act as a cox (coxed for Cambridge).
2 tr. act as cox for (coxed the winning boat).
--n. a coxswain, esp. of a racing-boat.
--v.
1 intr. act as a cox (coxed for Cambridge).
2 tr. act as cox for (coxed the winning boat).
Etymology
abbr.
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