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Fox

noun
/fɒks/
Word Frequency: 12.1

Definitions

1.nounA red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
2.nounAny of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).
3.nounThe fur of a fox.
4.nounA fox terrier.
5.nounThe gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
6.nounA cunning person.
7.nounA physically attractive man or woman.
8.nounA small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
9.nounA wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
10.nounA hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
11.nounThe fourteenth Lenormand card.
12.nounA sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
13.verbTo trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
14.verbTo confuse or baffle (someone).
"This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me."
15.verbTo act slyly or craftily.
16.verbTo discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
"The pages of the book show distinct foxing."
17.verbTo make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
18.verbTo turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
19.verbTo intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
20.verbTo repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Synonyms

todfobthrowfuddlediscombobulatebefuddlebedevilconfuseconfoundslybootsdodgertrick

Rhymes With

paradoxfauxunorthodoxequinoxflummoxboxidiot boxcox
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