fox

CEFRA1

/fɒks/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A wild animal with a pointed face and bushy tail.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A 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:

Examples

  • A clever fox was spotted near the chicken coop.

  • A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.

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Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.

  2. The fur of a fox.

  3. The red fox, a small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes) with red or silver fur.

More examples

In context

  • Bob wanted to keep the fox at home.

  • The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  • This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.

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Origin

noun

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-NA...