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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.
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*: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 .
To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
To confuse or baffle (someone).
To act slyly or craftily.
To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
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)
To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
A member of the class of animals Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs.
* 2004 , Bruce Whittington, Loucas Raptis, Seasons with Birds , page 50:
(dated, slang) A man, fellow.
* 1886 , Edmund Routledge, Routledge's every boy's annual
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 24:
* 2006 , Jeff Fields, Terry Kay, A cry of angels
(UK, US, slang, used by men) A girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive.
* Campbell
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(UK, Ireland, slang) Girlfriend.
(slang) An airplane.
(obsolete) A chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.
* Shakespeare
* Tyndale (Matt. viii. 20)
To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment
To catch or shoot birds.
(figuratively) To seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
A prison sentence.
The vulgar hand gesture in which the middle finger is extended.
* 2002 , The Advocate , "Flying fickle finger of faith", page 55.
* 2003 , , The Beach House , Warner Books, page 305,
As proper nouns the difference between fox and bird
is that fox is derived from the name of the animal while bird is .As a noun fox
is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.fox
English
(wikipedia fox)Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (a mammal related to dogs and wolves) tod * (attractive man or woman) see alsoHyponyms
* vixen (feminine form )Hypernyms
* canidDerived 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 foxSee also
* * Reynard * kitsuneReferences
*Verb
(es)- This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
- The pages of the book show distinct foxing .
- I drank so much wine that I was almost foxed .
Derived terms
* outfoxbird
English
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From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), (m), , of uncertain origin and relation.Noun
(en noun)- Ducks and sparrows are birds .
- The level below this is called the Phylum; birds belong to the Phylum Chordata, which includes all the vertebrate animals (the sub-phylum Vertebrata) and a few odds and ends.
- He once took in his own mother, and was robbed by a 'pal,' who thought he was a doctor. Oh, he's a rare bird is 'Gentleman Joe'!
- The door opened and a tall hungry-looking bird with a cane and a big nose came in neatly, shut the door behind him against the pressure of the door closer, marched over to the desk and placed a wrapped parcel on the desk.
- "Ah, he's a funny bird ," said Phaedra, throwing a leg over the sill.
- And by my word! the bonny bird / In danger shall not tarry.
- The usual visual grammar was in place – a carpet in the street, people in paddocks awaiting a brush with something glamorous, blokes with earpieces, birds in frocks of colliding colours that if sighted in nature would indicate the presence of poison.
- Mike went out with his bird last night.
- That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird .
- The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
Synonyms
* (man) chap, bloke, guy * (woman) broad, chick, dame, girl, lass * See also * See alsoHyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush * adult bird * a funny bird * a gay old bird * Alberta's provincial bird * a little bird * a little bird told me * aquatic bird * a queer bird * band birds * beach birds * bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) * big bird * Big Bird * bird bath * birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea ) * birdbrain, bird brain * birdbrained, bird-brained * birdbrained person * birdcage * birdcage clock * birdcall, bird-call, bird call * birdcall imitation, bird-call imitation, bird call imitation * birdcall imitator, bird-call imitator, bird call imitator * birdcatcher, bird-catcher, bird catcher * birdcatching, bird-catching, bird catching * bird-catching net * bird dealer, bird-dealer * bird-do * bird dog * bird-dog * bird-dogged * bird-dogging * bird-dogs * birder * bird eye * bird flu * birdfood, bird food * bird-foot * bird-footed dinosaur * bird hatch * bird hatching * bird-hipped * bird-hipped dinosaur * birdhouse, bird-house, bird house * birdie * birdied * birdieing * bird influenza * bird in the hand, bird in hand * birding * birdlet * bird life * birdlike, bird-like * birdlime * birdlimed * birdlimer * birdlimes * birdliming * bird louse * birdlover, bird-lover, bird lover * birdloving, bird-loving, bird loving * birdly * birdman * bird of freedom * bird of ill omen * bird of Jove * bird of Juno * bird of paradise * bird-of-paradise * Bird of Paradise * bird-of-paradise flower * bird of passage * bird of peace * bird of prey * bird pepper * birdseed * birdseller, bird-seller * bird's eye * bird's-eye map * bird's-eye maple, bird's eye maple (Acer saccharum ) * bird's-eye maple wood veneer * bird's-eye primrose * bird's-eye speedwell * bird's-eye view * bird's-foot * bird's-foot trefoil * bird's-foot violet * bird shit * birdshot, bird shot * bird's mouth * bird's-nest orchid * bird's-nest soup, bird's nest soup * birds of a feather, birds of a feather flock together * birdsong * birds of paradise, birds-of-paradise * bird spider * bird's tooth * birdstore, bird store * birdstrike, bird strike * * bird table * birdwatcher, bird-watcher, bird watcher * birdwatching, bird-watching, bird watching * birdwoman * birdy * clever bird * cock bird, cock-bird * dickeybird, dickybird * do bird * early bird * eat like a bird * European bird cherry * fine feathers make fine birds * frigate bird * for the birds * gamebird, game-bird, game bird * gamebird farmer, game-bird farmer * get the bird * give somebody the bird, give someone the bird * hen bird * hummingbird, humming-bird, humming bird * kill two birds with one stone * like a bird * little bird * odd bird * old bird * rare bird * seabird * shorebird, shore bird * strange bird * the bird has flown, the bird is flown * the birds and the bees * the early bird catches the worm * waterbird, water birdSee also
* burd * chirp * squawk * tweet * * (wikipedia) * (commonslite) * (Aves)Verb
(en verb)- (Ben Jonson)
Etymology 2
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time"Noun
(-)- He’s doing bird .
Synonyms
* (prison sentence) porridge, stretch, timeEtymology 3
Dated in the mid?18th Century; derived from the expression “to give the big bird”, as in “to hiss someone like a ”.Noun
- For whatever reason — and there are so many to chose from — they flipped the bird in the direction of the tinted windows of the Bushmobile.
- Then she raised both hands above her shoulders and flipped him the bird with each one.
