Box
To see a box in your dream, signifies your instinctual nature and destructive impulses.
Alternatively, you may be trying to preserve and protect some aspect of yourself.
The box may also symbolize your limitations and restrictions.
To dream that you are opening a box, denotes that things are being revealed about yourself that were once hidden. Consider your feelings as you open the box. If opening the box fills you with fear, you may be uncovering aspects of yourself that make you feel anxious. Also consider the pun, "being boxed in".
Dictionary definition
- n. 1: a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid; "he rummaged through a box of spare parts"
- 2: private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance; "the royal box was empty" [syn: box, loge]
- 3: the quantity contained in a box; "he gave her a box of chocolates" [syn: box, boxful]
- 4: a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner" [syn: corner, box]
- 5: a rectangular drawing; "the flowchart contained many boxes"
- 6: evergreen shrubs or small trees [syn: box, boxwood]
- 7: any one of several designated areas on a ball field where the batter or catcher or coaches are positioned; "the umpire warned the batter to stay in the batter's box"
- 8: the driver's seat on a coach; "an armed guard sat in the box with the driver" [syn: box, box seat]
- 9: separate partitioned area in a public place for a few people; "the sentry stayed in his box to avoid the cold"
- 10: a blow with the hand (usually on the ear); "I gave him a good box on the ear"
- v. 1: put into a box; "box the gift, please" [syn: box, package] [ant: unbox]
- 2: hit with the fist; "I'll box your ears!"
- 3: engage in a boxing match