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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.
Capable of being moved.
By agency of mobile phones.
* {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=
, passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.
Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.
* Hawthorne
Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.
(biology) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.
A sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().
A mobile phone ().
Something that can move.
As nouns the difference between fox and mobile
is that fox is a red fox, small carnivore (vulpes vulpes ), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail while mobile is a sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other ().As a verb fox
is to trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.As an adjective mobile is
capable of being moved.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
* outfoxmobile
English
(wikipedia mobile)Adjective
(en adjective)citation
- Mercury is a mobile liquid.
- (Testament of Love)
- the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition
- mobile features