How do you use the word "fox" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fox": A fox is not caught twice in the same snare. Bob wanted to keep the fox at home.

Fox Meaning

/fɒks/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA small-to-medium-sized canine mammal, related to dogs and wolves, with a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail, of the following groups:

Sentence Examples

A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

Bob wanted to keep the fox at home.

A clever fox was spotted near the chicken coop.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

throw trick confuse

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The clever ____ sneaked into the henhouse and stole a chicken last night.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The clever ____ managed to sneak into the chicken coop without alerting the farm dog.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz Old English fox Middle English fox English fox From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), possibly from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognate with Scots fox (“fox”), North Frisian foos, fos (“fox”), Saterland Frisian Foaks (“fox”), West Frisian foks (“fox”), Dutch vos (“fox”), Low German vos (“fox”), German Fuchs (“fox”), Icelandic fóa (“fox”), Tocharian B päkā (“tail, chowrie”), Russian пух (pux, “down, fluff”), Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha) (whence Torwali پوش (pūš, “fox”), Hindi पूंछ (pūñch, “tail”)). Philosophical sense from the 1953 essay The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin. Military aviation sense from the pre-NATO military spelling alphabet where Fox represented F and was short for 'to fire'.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"A group of foxes is called a skulk." — 2019 June 6, “A gaggle, a confusion and a conspiracy - bizarre animal collective group names”, in BBC:

"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." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], “The First Gun”, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 1:

"It was earliest morning, when even small trees cast long shadows and scarlet foxes trot denward through the dew like flecks of fire." — 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXVIII, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 164:

"Their screeches heralded excited talk from the hurrying troops, for flying fox is a delicacy. The densely-foliaged trees hedged a sombre pool, deep and quiet. As the slain foxes dropped into the water the snouts of river crocodiles popped up and devoured them." — 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 154:

"As for thee, false friend, subtle fox, unfaithful servant, this long time am I grown weary of thee slinking up and down my palace devising darkly things I know not: thou, that art nought akin to Witchland, but an outlander, a Goblin exile, a serpent warmed in my bosom to my hurt." — 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 24:

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