ALL meanings of fox
fox
F f - abbreviation Technical meaning of FOX Free Objects for Crystallography 3
- noun fox A carnivorous mammal of the dog family with a pointed muzzle and bushy tail, proverbial for its cunning. 1
- noun plural fox any of several carnivores of the dog family, especially those of the genus Vulpes, smaller than wolves, having a pointed, slightly upturned muzzle, erect ears, and a long, bushy tail. 1
- noun plural fox the fur of this animal. 1
- noun plural fox a cunning or crafty person. 1
- noun plural fox (initial capital letter) a member of a tribe of North American Algonquian Indians, formerly in Wisconsin, later merged with the Sauk tribe. 1
- noun plural fox (initial capital letter) the Algonquian language of the Fox, Sauk, and Kickapoo Indians. 1
- noun plural fox Bible. a scavenger, perhaps the jackal. Psalms 63:10; Lam. 5:18. 1
- noun plural fox a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter F: replaced by Foxtrot. 1
- noun plural fox Slang. an attractive young woman or young man. 1
- verb with object fox to deceive or trick. 1
- verb with object fox to repair or make (a shoe) with leather or other material applied so as to cover or form part of the upper front. 1
- verb with object fox Obsolete. to intoxicate or befuddle. 1
- verb without object fox to act cunningly or craftily. 1
- verb without object fox (of book leaves, prints, etc.) to become foxed. 1
- noun fox Charles James, 1749–1806, British orator and statesman. 1
- noun fox George, 1624–91, English religious leader and writer: founder of the Society of Friends. 1
- noun fox John, John Foxe. 1
- noun fox John William, Jr. 1863–1919, U.S. novelist. 1
- noun fox Margaret, 1833–93, and her sister Katherine, (“Kate”), 1839–92, U.S. spiritualist mediums, born in Canada. 1
- noun fox Sir William, 1812–93, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister 1856, 1861–62, 1869–72, 1873. 1
- noun Definition of fox in Technology (application) (Fox) A free, open-source program for ab initio structure determination from powder diffraction. 1
- noun fox dog-like mammal 1
- noun fox attractive girl 1
- noun fox devious person 1
- transitive verb fox perplex 1
- intransitive verb fox paper: go brown with mould 1
- noun fox A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail. 0
- noun fox Any 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). 0
- noun fox The fur of a fox. 0
- noun fox A fox terrier. 0
- noun fox The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color. 0
- noun fox A cunning person. 0
- noun fox (Slang) A physically attractive man or woman. 0
- noun fox (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets. 0
- noun fox (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it. 0
- noun fox (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. 0
- verb fox (Transitive Verb) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. 0
- verb fox (Transitive Verb) To confuse or baffle (someone). 0
- verb fox (Intransitive Verb) To act slyly or craftily. 0
- verb fox (Intransitive Verb) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. 0
- verb fox (Transitive Verb) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment. 0
- verb fox (Intransitive Verb) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting. 0
- verb fox (Transitive Verb) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink. 0
- verb fox (Transitive Verb) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of. 0
- countable noun fox A fox is a wild animal which looks like a dog and has reddish-brown fur, a pointed face and ears, and a thick tail. Foxes eat smaller animals. 0
- verb fox If you are foxed by something, you cannot understand it or solve it. 0
- singular noun fox If you describe someone as a fox, you mean they are very clever and deceitful. 0
- noun fox any canine mammal of the genus Vulpes and related genera. They are mostly predators that do not hunt in packs and typically have large pointed ears, a pointed muzzle, and a bushy tail 0
- noun fox the fur of any of these animals, usually reddish-brown or grey in colour 0