Other Definitions fox (enc)
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Fox| Noun | 1. | fox - alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packscanid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles Reynard - a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' Vulpes vulpes, red fox - the common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species | | | 2. | fox - a shifty deceptive person | | | 3. | fox - the gray or reddish-brown fur of a foxfur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal | | | 4. | Fox - English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) | | | 5. | Fox - English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) | | | 6. | Fox - a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox RiverAlgonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast | | | 7. | Fox - the Algonquian language of the Fox people | | | Verb | 1. | fox - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"snooker - fool or dupe; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk" | | | 2. | fox - 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"demoralize - confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office" bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, baffle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, gravel, vex, pose, stick, beat, get - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | | | 3. | fox - become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spotsspot - become spotted; "This dress spots quickly" | |
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