COAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coax mean? 

• COAX (noun)
  The noun COAX has 1 sense:

1. a transmission line for high-frequency signals

  Familiarity information: COAX used as a noun is very rare.

• COAX (verb)
  The verb COAX has 1 sense:

1. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

  Familiarity information: COAX used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COAX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A transmission line for high-frequency signals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

coax; coax cable; coaxial cable

Hypernyms ("coax" is a kind of...):

cable; line; transmission line (a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coax"):

ethernet cable (any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets)

Derivation:

coax (influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering)

• COAX (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they coax    ... he / she / it coaxes   
Past simple: coaxed   
Past participle: coaxed   
-ing form: coaxing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

blarney; cajole; coax; inveigle; palaver; sweet-talk; wheedle

Context example:

He palavered her into going along

Hypernyms (to "coax" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "coax"):

soft-soap (persuade someone through flattery)

browbeat; bully; swagger (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Sentence example:

They coax him into writing the letter

Derivation:

coax (a transmission line for high-frequency signals)

coaxer (someone who tries to persuade by blandishment and coaxing)

coaxing (flattery designed to gain favor)

 Context examples 

I tried all I could to coax Elsie away.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But his voice was just a little too coaxing. He overdid it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She talked to Elizabeth again and again; coaxed and threatened her by turns.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A buildup of planets in Pisces will coax you to be near water, so book a small hotel in a sunny climate overlooking powdery white sands, turquoise waters, and swaying palm trees.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“A woman comes and she coaxes this young man out of his room. Do you know any young woman who had an influence over him?”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Now, what is a man to do with a priest, Sir Bertrand?—for one can neither fight him like a man nor coax him like a woman.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Researchers have been able to coax stem cells to transform (differentiate) into many types of cells in the laboratory before infusing them into the body.

(Laser Therapy Prompts Regeneration in Teeth, NIH)

“But please let me have it,” said Dora, in her coaxing way, “if you can!”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Don't you think I had better take advantage of the confession, and begin and coax and entreat—even cry and be sulky if necessary—for the sake of a mere essay of my power?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Peering down into the box he snapped his fingers several times and was heard from the Press seat to say, 'Come, then, pretty, pretty!' in a coaxing voice.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)