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Definition of 'Fox'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) fox
any of several small carnivores of the dog family, Canidae, esp. those of the genus Vulpes, having a sharply pointed muzzle and a long bushy tail.

2.  fox
the fur of this animal.

3.  fox
a cunning or crafty person.

4.  fox
Slang. a physically attractive young person, esp. a woman.

5. (v.t.) fox
to deceive or trick.

6.  fox
to repair or trim (a shoe) with leather or other material on the upper front.

7.  fox
Obs. to intoxicate or befuddle.

8. (n.) Fox
a member of an American Indian people residing in Wisconsin at time of first contact, and later confined to a single settlement in E Iowa.

9.  Fox
the Algonquian language shared by the Fox, Sauk, and Kickapoo.

10. (n.) Fox
Charles James, 1749–1806, British statesman.

11.  Fox
George, 1624–91, English religious leader: founder of the Society of Friends.

Definition of 'Fox'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) fox
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

2. (noun) dodger, fox, slyboots
a shifty deceptive person

3. (noun) fox
the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox

4. (noun) Fox, Charles James Fox
English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

5. (noun) Fox, George Fox
English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

6. (noun) Fox
a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River

7. (verb) Fox
the Algonquian language of the Fox

8. (verb) flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
deceive somebody
"We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

9. (verb) confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
"These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

10. (verb) fox
become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

Definition of 'Fox'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) fox
an animal with a long thick tail and a pointed face

Definition of 'Fox'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Fox
a carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species

2. (noun) Fox
the European dragonet

3. (noun) Fox
the fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark

4. (noun) Fox
a sly, cunning fellow

5. (noun) Fox
rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats

6. (noun) Fox
a sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox

7. (noun) Fox
a tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies

8. (noun) Fox
to intoxicate; to stupefy with drink

9. (noun) Fox
to make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment

10. (noun) Fox
to repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of

11. (verb) Fox
to turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting

Translation of 'Fox'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a type of reddish-brown wild animal which looks like a dog.
Afrikaans: jakkals	Arabic: ثَعْلَب	Bulgarian: лисица
Brazilian: raposa	Czech: liška	German: der Fuchs
Danish: ræv	Greek: αλεπού	Spanish: zorro
Estonian: rebane	Farsi: روباه	Finnish: kettu
French: renard	Hebrew: שוּעָל	Hindi: लोमड़ी
Croatian: lisica	Hungarian: róka	Indonesian: rubah
Icelandic: tófa, refur	Italian: volpe	Japanese: きつね
Korean: 여우	Lithuanian: lapė	Latvian: lapsa
Malay: rubah	Dutch: vos	Norwegian: rev
Polish: lis	Persian: روباه	Pashto: ګیدړ
Portuguese: raposa	Romanian: vulpe	Russian: лиса
Slovak: líška	Slovenian: lisica	Serbian: lisica
Swedish: räv	Thai: สุนัขจิ้งจอก	Turkish: tilki
Taiwanese: 狐狸	Ukrainian: лисиця	Urdu: لومڑی
Vietnamese: cáo	Chinese: 狐狸	Afrikaans: jakkalsagtig
Arabic: فَرْو الثَّعْلَب	Bulgarian: лисичи	Brazilian: pele de raposa
Czech: liščí	German: Fuchs...	Danish: ræve-
Greek: αλεπούς, από αλεπού	Spanish: piel de zorro	Estonian: rebase-
Farsi: مربوط به روباه	Finnish: ketun	French: de renard
Hebrew: שֶׁל שוּעָל	Hindi: लोमड़ी का	Croatian: lisicji
Hungarian: rókaprém	Indonesian: bulu rubah	Icelandic: refaskinn
Italian: di/da volpe	Japanese: きつねの	Korean: 여우 털의
Lithuanian: lapės	Latvian: lapsas-	Malay: bulu rubah
Dutch: vosse-	Norwegian: reve-	Polish: lisi
Persian: مربوط به روباه	Pashto: هغه شیان چی له ګیدړ سره ا	Portuguese: pele de raposa
Romanian: de vulpe	Russian: лисий	Slovak: líščí
Slovenian: lisičji	Serbian: lisičji	Swedish: räv-
Thai: หลอกลวง	Turkish: tilki, tilkiye ait	Taiwanese: 狐狸的
Ukrainian: лисячий	Urdu: لومڑ کی کھال جیسا یا اس س	Vietnamese: bộ da lông cáo
Chinese: 狐狸的
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