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A fox is a small, wild canine with a red/brown/grayish fur and a bushy tail, or a deceitful person, or a woman who is very attractive. (noun)

An example of a fox is the Arctic Fox.
An example of a fox is someone who is always tricking others.
An example of a fox is a gorgeous woman.

Fox means to make something sour by fermenting, or to stain paper red/brown/yellowish, or to trick. (verb)

An example of fox is to make something like beer become sour by fermenting; to fox the beer.
An example of fox is when mildew causes a book to become marked with red stains; to fox the book with mildew stains.
An example of fox is to play a practical joke on someone; to fox someone with a practical joke.

See fox in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. foxes or fox

any of various small, wild canines (esp. genera Vulpes or Urocyon) with bushy tails and, commonly, reddish-brown or gray fur: the fox is conventionally thought of as sly and crafty
the fur of a fox
a sly, crafty, deceitful person
a person regarded as being of a type characterized by wide-ranging knowledge and by adherence to no particular viewpoint or philosophy
☆ Slang a person, esp. a woman, who is attractive, esp. sexually attractive

transitive verb

to make (beer, etc.) sour by fermenting
to cause (book leaves, prints, etc.) to become stained with reddish-brown or yellowish discolorations
to trick or deceive by slyness or craftiness
to bewilder or baffle
1. to repair (boots, shoes, etc.) with new upper leather
2. to trim (the upper of a shoe) with leather
Obsolete to intoxicate

intransitive verb

to become sour: said of beer, etc.
to become stained: said of book leaves, etc.

Related Forms:

foxed adjective

noun

☆ a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in Wisconsin and Illinois, now living in Iowa
☆ the Algonquian language spoken by the Fox, Sauk, and Kickapoo peoples; esp., the dialect spoken by the Fox

Fox, Charles James 1749-1806; Eng. statesman & orator
Fox, George 1624-91; Eng. religious leader: founder of the Society of Friends

See fox in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(fŏks)

noun pl. fox·es also fox

a. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Vulpes and related genera, related to the dogs and wolves and characteristically having upright ears, a pointed snout, and a long bushy tail.
b. The fur of one of these mammals.
A crafty, sly, or clever person.
Slang A sexually attractive person.
Nautical Small cordage made by twisting together two or more strands of tarred yarn.
Archaic A sword.

verb foxed foxed, fox·ing, fox·es

verb, transitive

To trick or fool by ingenuity or cunning; outwit.
To baffle or confuse.
To make (beer) sour by fermenting.
To repair (a shoe) by attaching a new upper.
Obsolete To intoxicate.

verb, intransitive

To act slyly or craftily.
To turn sour in fermenting. Used of beer.

(fŏks)

noun pl. fox Fox or Fox·es

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting various parts of southern Michigan, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and eastern Iowa, with present-day populations in central Iowa and with the Sauk in Oklahoma.
b. A member of this people.
The Algonquian language of the Fox.

, Charles James 1749-1806.

British politician who supported American independence and the French Revolution.

, George 1624-1691.

English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends, or Quakers (1647-1648).

, Vicente Born 1942.

Mexican businessman and politician who served as president (2000-2006), ending 71 years of uninterrupted rule by Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party.

, William Originally Wilhelm Fried. 1879-1952.

Hungarian-born American motion-picture executive who founded his own film company (1915) and merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox (1935). His company led in the development of sound movies.

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