Fox
noun
A kind of wild animal with a sharp nose and tail, known for its cleverness.
The fox ran quickly into woods to hide.
Often appears as...
- aesop's fable of the fox
- as wily as a fox
verb
To confuse or trick someone.
The tricky question foxed me and I didn't know what to answer.
Often appears as...
- he was foxed
- the problem foxed her
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A clever and tricky person.
He is a sly fox, always managing to escape punishment.
Often appears as...
- he's a fox
- don't be fooled by that fox
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An attractive woman.
She is a real fox, everyone admires her at the party.
Often appears as...
- she's a fox
- what a fox!
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A kind of wild animal with a sharp nose and tail, known for its cleverness.
The fox ran quickly into woods to hide.
Often appears as...
- aesop's fable of the fox
- as wily as a fox
verb
To confuse or trick someone.
The tricky question foxed me and I didn't know what to answer.
Often appears as...
- he was foxed
- the problem foxed her
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A clever and tricky person.
He is a sly fox, always managing to escape punishment.
Often appears as...
- he's a fox
- don't be fooled by that fox
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An attractive woman.
She is a real fox, everyone admires her at the party.
Often appears as...
- she's a fox
- what a fox!
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/2Wild Animal
Remember 'fox' refers to an actual animal, often red or grey in color.
We spotted a grey fox in the field.
Pro Tip 2/2Clever Connotation
'Fox' symbolizes slyness and intelligence in stories and conversations.
In stories, a fox might trick other animals.
Pro Tip 1/2Wild Animal
Remember 'fox' refers to an actual animal, often red or grey in color.
We spotted a grey fox in the field.
Pro Tip 2/2Clever Connotation
'Fox' symbolizes slyness and intelligence in stories and conversations.
In stories, a fox might trick other animals.
Pro Tip 1/2Wild Animal
Remember 'fox' refers to an actual animal, often red or grey in color.
We spotted a grey fox in the field.
Pro Tip 2/2Clever Connotation
'Fox' symbolizes slyness and intelligence in stories and conversations.
In stories, a fox might trick other animals.
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Video examples
The science of symmetry...
Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals. In this camp, we have foxes, beetles, sharks, butterflies, and, of course, humans. The thing that unites bilaterally symmetric animals is that their bodies are designed around movement. If you want to pick one direction and move that way, it helps to have a front end
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The Planet Earth...
the vast majority of the Gosling's are still flourishing their parents lead them down to the safety of the water as soon as they're strong enough to make the journey for the foxes boom time has come to an end but the mother has given her Cubs the best possible start in life
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When The World Gets 1℃...
flying foxes they're often referred to as the gardeners of the rainforest we have a number of trees that are nocturnal flowering so you need a nocturnal pollinator to be able to actually do that job so they're a vital importance to the ecosystem
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Making wildlife a part...
bursts and short bursts don't have lasting benefits my personal love affair with wildlife started in Chicago of all places I grew up in a woody suburb where foxes and raccoons and deer would fascinate my sister and I every day and
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Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
I can say the natural character is still there. They don't get like typical zoo animals. They keep their wild nature and they play around. Some are very bold and some are very shy. They're always curious. Foxes are curious.
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
sound is very important for its survival. Most bats look like the previous one. However, there are a group that do not use echolocation. They do not perceive their environment using sound, and these are the flying foxes.
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Arctic Fox Raids Polar...
picky summertime presents its own challenges this fox has shed its silky white winter coat for a more practical pelt it's modeled brown and yellow fur helps it
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The Life Story...
too deep and you get stuck too shallow and it can be rather painful it's going to take time but mastering lemming hunting is vital if a young fox is to
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Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
For the foxes, boon time has come to an end but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life.
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Fox Dives Head First in...
the food the fox seeks is also deep beneath the snow
Video examples
The science of symmetry...
Let's look at one particular bilaterally symmetric animals. In this camp, we have foxes, beetles, sharks, butterflies, and, of course, humans. The thing that unites bilaterally symmetric animals is that their bodies are designed around movement. If you want to pick one direction and move that way, it helps to have a front end
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
the vast majority of the Gosling's are still flourishing their parents lead them down to the safety of the water as soon as they're strong enough to make the journey for the foxes boom time has come to an end but the mother has given her Cubs the best possible start in life
Video examples
When The World Gets 1℃...
flying foxes they're often referred to as the gardeners of the rainforest we have a number of trees that are nocturnal flowering so you need a nocturnal pollinator to be able to actually do that job so they're a vital importance to the ecosystem
Video examples
Making wildlife a part...
bursts and short bursts don't have lasting benefits my personal love affair with wildlife started in Chicago of all places I grew up in a woody suburb where foxes and raccoons and deer would fascinate my sister and I every day and
Video examples
Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
I can say the natural character is still there. They don't get like typical zoo animals. They keep their wild nature and they play around. Some are very bold and some are very shy. They're always curious. Foxes are curious.
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
sound is very important for its survival. Most bats look like the previous one. However, there are a group that do not use echolocation. They do not perceive their environment using sound, and these are the flying foxes.
Video examples
Arctic Fox Raids Polar...
picky summertime presents its own challenges this fox has shed its silky white winter coat for a more practical pelt it's modeled brown and yellow fur helps it
Video examples
The Life Story...
too deep and you get stuck too shallow and it can be rather painful it's going to take time but mastering lemming hunting is vital if a young fox is to
Video examples
Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
For the foxes, boon time has come to an end but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life.
Video examples
Fox Dives Head First in...
the food the fox seeks is also deep beneath the snow
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Quote examples
Tyler Perry
American Actor
In order to have the success with 'Empire,' you have to have Fox; you have to have huge P&A. You have to have huge budgets for the show. I'm pretty confident that the budget of 'Empire' is six times what I'm spending on 'Have And Have Nots.
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Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
Fox News covers stories that some other news outlets won't cover. We ask some questions that other news outlets wouldn't ask. And sometimes that's perceived as bias by people who've grown up in a world where there are only liberal outlets.
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Eric Stoltz
American Actor
I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there.
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Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
My mom was a rescue veterinarian, and I grew up helping her nurse injured animals back to health. Any deer hit by a car, fox caught in a trap, whatever it was that got hurt, everyone brought them to my mom.
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Corey Clark
American Musician
I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that.
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Betsy Brandt
American Actress
When I read both pilots for 'Breaking Bad' and the 'Michael J. Fox Show,' I turned to my husband in real life, and I'm like, 'That is an amazing script.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
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Brian Stelter
American Journalist
Fox is Trump's safe space. It's where he's not going to be humiliated, where he's not going to hear uncomfortable truths.
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Zora Neale Hurston
American Dramatist
Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
In order to have the success with 'Empire,' you have to have Fox; you have to have huge P&A. You have to have huge budgets for the show. I'm pretty confident that the budget of 'Empire' is six times what I'm spending on 'Have And Have Nots.
Quote examples
Megyn Kelly
American Journalist
Fox News covers stories that some other news outlets won't cover. We ask some questions that other news outlets wouldn't ask. And sometimes that's perceived as bias by people who've grown up in a world where there are only liberal outlets.
Quote examples
Eric Stoltz
American Actor
I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there.
Quote examples
Johnny Iuzzini
American Chef
My mom was a rescue veterinarian, and I grew up helping her nurse injured animals back to health. Any deer hit by a car, fox caught in a trap, whatever it was that got hurt, everyone brought them to my mom.
Quote examples
Corey Clark
American Musician
I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that.
Quote examples
Betsy Brandt
American Actress
When I read both pilots for 'Breaking Bad' and the 'Michael J. Fox Show,' I turned to my husband in real life, and I'm like, 'That is an amazing script.
Quote examples
Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
Quote examples
Brian Stelter
American Journalist
Fox is Trump's safe space. It's where he's not going to be humiliated, where he's not going to hear uncomfortable truths.
Quote examples
Zora Neale Hurston
American Dramatist
Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.
Quote examples
Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.
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