fox
The definition of 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 is defined as 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
- 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
Origin: concept from “The Fox and the Hedgehog,” essay by Sir Isaiah Berlin (1907–97), Brit philosopher & historian, born in Russia
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
Origin: ME < OE, akin to Ger fuchs < Gmc base *fuh- < IE base *pu-, thick-haired, bushy > Sans púccha, tail
transitive verb
- to make (beer, etc.) sour by fermenting
Origin: from the color of a fox
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
- to repair (boots, shoes, etc.) with new upper leather
- 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
Origin: transl. of Fr Renard, which is transl. of Huron Skenchiohronon, lit., red-fox people (prob. with ref. to a clan or moiety; cf. the modern clan name waakosheehaki, lit., foxes)
- 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
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.
- 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.
- To act slyly or craftily.
- To turn sour in fermenting. Used of beer.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English
.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.
Origin:
Origin: Translation of French Renards, foxes
Origin: , perhaps translation of Fox wa·koše·haki, foxes (applied as a name to a clan with the totem of a fox)
., Charles James 1749-1806.
, George 1624-1691.
, Vicente Born 1942.
, William Originally Wilhelm Fried. 1879-1952.
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