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Definition of "fox" []
- Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genus Vulpes and related genera, related to the dogs and wolves and characteristically having upright ears, a pointed snout, and a long bushy tail. (noun)
- The fur of one of these mammals. (noun)
- A crafty, sly, or clever person. (noun)
- Slang A sexually attractive person. (noun)
- Nautical Small cordage made by twisting together two or more strands of tarred yarn. (noun)
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Use "fox" in a sentence
- "Yet I heard only the other day of a woman who boasted that she had been among the few "in at the death" one day in fox - hunting, and that when the brush was given to her, her face was _spattered with the blood of the fox_."
- "July 31st, 2006 at 1: 30 pm matthew says: at least a fox is an appropriate annalogy (not REAL foxes mind you, real foxes are cool, I mean the steriotypical-anthropomorphized-media version of the fox)"
- "We did not answer, because now, for the first time, it came over all of us, in a rush of blushes and uncomfortableness, that burying a fox is a suspicious act."