All Definitions for Fox
Below are all the dictionary definitions of fox:
1A small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:
2Any member of the genus Vulpes
3A true fox.
4The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.
5The fur of a fox.
6A cunning person.
7A physically attractive person, typically a woman.
8A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman.
9To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
10To confuse or baffle (someone).
11To act slyly or craftily.
12To cheat or rob.
13To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
14To turn sour
15Said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
16To intoxicate
17To stupefy with drink.
18A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
19A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
20A hidden radio transmitter, finding which is the goal of radiosport.
21The fourteenth Lenormand card.
22Air-to-air weapon launched.
23Someone who fuses many different influences and concepts in their philosophy or worldview.
24Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon.
25A fox terrier.
26The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
27To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)
28To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
29A sword
30So called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
31Radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter F.
32A surname transferred from the common noun derived from the name of the animal.
33A male given name.
34Fox Broadcasting Company, a large television network from the USA.
35A placename
36A number of places in the United States:
37A census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska.
38A river in Wisconsin and Illinois, United States, a tributary to the Illinois River.
39An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Stone County, Arkansas.
40An unincorporated community in Grant County, Indiana.
41An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky.
42An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota.
43An unincorporated community in Carbon County, Montana.
44An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.
45An unincorporated community in Carter County, Oklahoma.
46An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon.
47A number of townships in the United States, listed under Fox Township.
48A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, Australia.
49Someone connected with Leicester City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
50Ellipsis of Fox Indian (“a member of the Outagamie or Meskwaki, a Native American people”).
51Ellipsis of Fox Tribe.
52Ellipsis of Fox language.
53Acronym of forkhead box protein.
About synonyms for fox
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