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Definition of to fox in English English dictionary: An epithet for Michel Foucault
Foucault travelled with a lady inspector from the Ministry of Education on a visit to Cracow. She inadvertently barged into the Fox’s bedroom — to find him in the arms of a young bloke.; a given name; Fox Broadcasting Company, a large television network from the USA
I watched a great show on Fox last night.; someone connected with Leicester City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc; A surname derived from the name of the animal; To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity
The pages of the book show distinct foxing.; To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity; 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 Wikipedia article on the fox); A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail; An attractive man or woman; The fur of a fox or fox fur; {n} a wild animal of the canine kind, a fly or knavish person; {i} family name; Fox Studios, movie and television production company located in California and Australia, division of 20th Century Fox; calotype; [n] A tribe of American Indians that speaks an Algonquian language (Sauk-Fox) related to the Kickapoo language The Fox, who call themselves the Mesquakie or "red-earth" people, lived historically in what is today southern Wisconsin, northwestern Illinois, and eastern Iowa They became allied with the Sauk tribe in the 1730s, but separated from the Sauk in the 1850s Today the Fox maintain a reservation near Tama, Iowa, and are known as the Sax & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; An attractive woman; Futures and Options Exchange; A fox is a wild animal which looks like a dog and has reddish-brown fur, a pointed face and ears, and a thick tail. Foxes eat smaller animals; A fox terrier; English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806); A cunning person; A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox; Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; used for seizings or mats; If you are foxed by something, you cannot understand it or solve it. I admit I was foxed for some time Only once did we hit on a question which foxed one of the experts. British politician who supported American independence and the French Revolution. English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends, or Quakers (1647-1648). Hungarian-born American motion-picture executive who founded his own film company (1915) and merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox (1935). His company led in the development of sound movies. one of the main national television networks in the US. The others are ABC, CBS, and NBC. Fox is the newest of the main US television networks, and is part of Rupert Murdoch 's company, News Corporation. North American Indian people living mainly in Oklahoma but also in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, U.S. They are distinct from but united with the Sauk (Sac) as the Sac and Fox Nation. Their name for themselves is Mesquakie (or Meshkwahkihaki, meaning "People of the Red Earth"), and their language is of the Algonquian family. They are believed to have originated from the Great Lakes region. Both the Sauk and the Fox were living in Wisconsin at the time of first European contact. Their permanent villages near fields in which women cultivated corn, beans, and squash were occupied in summer; in winter they hunted bison on the prairies. A chief and council administered tribal affairs. Families were grouped into clans. Religious life centred on the Grand Medicine Society, whose members enlisted supernatural aid to heal the sick and ensure success in warfare. In the 18th century the Fox joined with the Sauk to war against the French and English. Though unconquered, they retreated south to Illinois and later west to Iowa. In 1832 Black Hawk led a group of Fox and Sauk in an unsuccessful attempt to return to their Illinois lands. In the 2000 U.S. census some 4,200 people claimed Sac and Fox descent. Any of various canines resembling small to medium-sized, bushy-tailed dogs. Foxes have long fur, pointed ears, relatively short legs, and a narrow snout. They have often been hunted for sport or fur. In a more restricted sense, the name refers to about 10 species of true foxes (genus Vulpes), especially both the Old and New World red foxes. See also Arctic fox, bat-eared fox, fennec, gray fox. Arctic fox bat eared fox Fox Broadcasting Co. fox hunting fox terrier Fox Charles James Fox George Fox Vicente Quesada gray fox The Swamp Fox red fox common fox Talbot William Henry Fox Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Holland of Foxley and of Holland Henry Richard Vassall Fox 3rd Baron; See Thrasher shark, under Shark; {f} act with cunning; cheat, deceive, bewilder (Slang); The fox shark or thrasher shark; called also sea fox; be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"; A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; called also Outagamies; a shifty deceptive person; A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidæ, of many species; vulgaris or V; To confuse or baffle (someone); abbreviation for the Futures and Options Exchange, now known as the London Commodity Exchange; To act slyly or craftily; alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs the Algonquian language of the Fox people a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691) English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806) the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots; The European dragonet; To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink; To turn sour; said of beer, etc; alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs; To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment; Acronym for Fishery-Oceanography Experiment; To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of; the Algonquian language of the Fox people; lagopus are well-known species; when it sours in fermenting; A sly, cunning fellow; the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox; {i} type of animal from the dog family; fur from a fox; shrewd and cunning person; (Canadian & US Slang) woman who is pretty and sexually attractive; The European fox V; Finger (Pulse) Oximeter/Oximetry; become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots; vulpes), the American red fox (V; fulvus), the American gray fox (V; a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River; Brand of tyres; deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"; English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691); Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V; Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini wihin the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera