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for | fox |

As nouns the difference between for and fox

is that for is oven while fox is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

As a proper noun fox is

derived from the name of the animal.

for

English

(wikipedia for)

Conjunction

(English Conjunctions)
  • Because.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) , Chapter 23
    • "By means of the Golden Cap I shall command the Winged Monkeys to carry you to the gates of the Emerald City," said Glinda, "for it would be a shame to deprive the people of so wonderful a ruler."

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Towards.
    • The astronauts headed for the moon.
  • Directed at, intended to belong to.
    • I have something for you.
  • Supporting (opposite of against ).
    • All those for the motion raise your hands.
  • Because of.
    • He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
    (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
    She was the worse for drink.
  • * Shakespeare
    • with fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath
  • Over a period of time.
    • They fought for days over a silly pencil.
  • * Garth
    • To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day.
  • Throughout an extent of space.
  • * Shakespeare
    • For many miles about / There's scarce a bush.
  • On behalf of.
    • I will stand in for him.
  • Instead of, or in place of.
  • * Bible, Exodus xxi. 23, 24
    • And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for' life, eye '''for''' eye, tooth '''for''' tooth, hand '''for''' hand, foot ' for foot.
  • In order to obtain or acquire.
    • I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
    He's going for his doctorate.
    Do you want to go for coffee?
    People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
    Can you go to the store for some eggs?
    I'm saving up for a car.
    Don't wait for an answer.
    What did he ask you for ?
  • * Denham
    • He writes not for' money, nor ' for praise.
  • In the direction of:
    • Run for the hills!
    He was headed for the door when he remembered.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • We sailed from Peru for China and Japan.
  • By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
    • Fair for its day.
    She's spry for an old lady.
  • Despite, in spite of.
  • * 1892 August 6, , "The Unbidden Guest", in All the Year Round , ] [http://books.google.com/books?id=XNwRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA133&dq=%22but+for%22 page 133,
    • Mr. Joseph Blenkinshaw was perhaps not worth quite so much as was reported; but for all that he was a very wealthy man
  • * 1968 , J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (page 240)
    • For all his faults, there had been something lofty and great about him - as a judge, as a patron of education, as a builder, as an international figure.
    • For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely.'' (=''It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now. )
    All I want is for you to be happy.'' (=''All I want is that you be happy. )
  • (chiefly, US) Out of;
  • (cricket) (used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen)
  • Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
  • * Cowley
    • We take a falling meteor for a star.
  • * John Locke
    • If a man can be fully assured of anything for' a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace ' for true?
  • * Dryden
    • Most of our ingenious young men take up some cry'd-up English poet for their model.
  • * Philips
    • But let her go for an ungrateful woman.
  • See the entry for the phrasal verb.
  • (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • We'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet.

    Antonyms

    * against

    Derived terms

    * for good * for good and all * for good measure * for it * for kicks * for real * for the record * once and for all

    Statistics

    *

    References

    * Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Spatial particles of orientation", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition , Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

    Anagrams

    * 100 English basic words 1000 English basic words English coordinating conjunctions ----

    fox

    English

    (wikipedia fox)

    Noun

    (es)
  • A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes ), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
  • *15th century ,
  • *:The fox went out on a chase one night, / he prayed to the Moon to give him light, / for he had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o, town-o, town-o. / He had many a mile to go that night / before he reached the town-o.
  • *
  • *:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
  • 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 ).
  • The fur of a fox.
  • A fox terrier.
  • The , so called from its yellow color.
  • A cunning person.
  • (lb) A physically attractive man or woman.
  • *1993 , (Laura Antoniou), (w) , p.90:
  • *:And Jerry was cute, you know, I liked him, but Frank was a total fox . And he was rougher than Jerry, you know, not so cultured.
  • *2012 , Adele Parks, Still Thinking of You
  • *:It wasn't just that Jayne was a fox – although, fuck, was she ever a fox. That arse, those tits, those lips. They could have a really good time together.
  • (lb) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.
  • (lb) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
  • (lb) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
  • *(rfdate) (William Shakespeare)
  • *:Thou diest on point of fox .

    • Synonyms

    * (a mammal related to dogs and wolves) tod * (attractive man or woman) see also

    Hyponyms

    * vixen (feminine form )

    Hypernyms

    * canid

    Derived terms

    * crazy like a fox * fox grape * Fox Islands * Fox River * fox snake * fox sparrow * fox squirrel * fox terrier * fox trot * foxaline * foxery * foxfire * fox-fire * fox-fur * fox-furred * foxglove * foxhole * fox-hole * foxhound * fox-hunt * foxish * foxless * fox-like * foxling * foxly * fox-mark * foxship * foxtail * foxtailed * foxter * foxtrot/fox-trot * foxy * firefox * kit fox * red fox * silver fox * sly as a fox

    See also

    * * Reynard * kitsune

    References

    *

    Verb

    (es)
  • To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
  • To confuse or baffle (someone).
    • This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
  • To act slyly or craftily.
  • To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
    • The pages of the book show distinct foxing .
  • To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
  • To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
  • To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
  • * (Samuel Pepys)
    • I drank so much wine that I was almost foxed .
  • To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

    • Derived terms

    * outfox