(n.) A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulvus), the American gray fox (V. Virginianus), and the arctic, white, or blue, fox (V. lagopus) are well-known species.
(n.) The European dragonet.
(n.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.
(n.) A sly, cunning fellow.
(n.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; -- used for seizings or mats.
(n.) A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
(n.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; -- called also Outagamies.
(n.) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
(n.) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
(n.) To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
(v. i.) To turn sour; -- said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fox was 30 years old - 70% of Parkinson's sufferers are over 50.
(2) Alec played a role in the resignation of the UK defence secretary Liam Fox last year over his close ties to his friend Adam Werritty.
(3) When Fox woke up one morning in 1990 and noticed his little finger shaking, he thought it was a side effect of a hangover.
(4) Gerson Zweifach, general counsel for both News Corp and 21st Century Fox , Murdoch’s film and TV business, said: “We are grateful that this matter has been concluded and acknowledge the fairness and professionalism of the Department of Justice throughout this investigation.” It is understood there has been no background settlement with the Department of Justice in order to avoid a full-blown investigation, contrary to speculation in New York over a year ago that the company was looking at a possible payment of over $850m.
(5) Cable news channels like Fox News and CNN carried the address, and some of the networks carried it on their digital platforms, but a network insider told Politico on Thursday the speech’s content was too “overtly political” to broadcast.
(6) After distribution, 81% of foxes inspected were positive for tetracycline, a biomarker included in the vaccine bait and, other than one rabid fox detected close to the periphery of the treated area, no case of rabies, either in foxes or in domestic livestock, has been reported in the area.
(7) Asked if France had “jumped the gun and didn’t tell us”, Fox said he was notaware of anyone in government who knew about the impending airstrikes.
(8) Whenever Fox meets someone for the first time, he slips on this look as instinctively as others shuck on a jacket when they leave the house.
(9) Educated at Imperial College London, he trained at the contractors Freeman Fox, but in 1978 he turned freelance as a transport consultant, setting up his own firm: Steer Davies Gleave.
(10) Sanders, the Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist, first answered questions from Fox News anchor Bret Baier over his comments in Sunday’s debate that white people “don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto”.
(11) These results combined with absorption studies suggested a close relationship between fox and dog, but different number and morphology of chromosomes, immunoelectrophoretic patterns of serum proteins, and disparities of the transplantation antigens proved that the fox is a species quite separate from the dog.
(12) 4.28pm ET: Oh hey, Fox News finds time in its busy schedule to cover the rally.
(13) Fox will be accompanied by the sporting director, Hendrik Almstadt, on the back of the 1-1 draw against Wycombe Wanderers in the FA Cup on Saturday, when their failure to beat a League Two side culminated in angry scenes involving the away supporters.
(14) Fox met his wife, Tracy, on the set of Family Ties, the 80s sitcom that launched his career and in which she played his on-screen girlfriend.
(15) Werritty, 33, a Scottish Tory who first met Fox when the defence secretary went to speak at Edinburgh University – where Werritty was a student of public policy – had arrived in the emirate a few days earlier to set up meetings for his "boss".
(16) Kelly reportedly spoke with lawyers investigating claims of sexual harassment by former Fox chairman Roger Ailes, who left the network following allegations by several women of years of abuse.
(17) The highest 3H-thymidine incorporation in cultures of dog lymphocytes was observed at day 3, while in those of fox at day 2, incubated either at 37 degrees C or at 39 degrees C. Lymphocytes cultured at 39 degrees C incorporated more tritiated thymidine than did cells cultured at 37 degrees C. The stimulation index (SI) of dog peripheral blood lymphocytes to both mitogens concanavalin A (Con A) and leucoagglutinin (LA) was in a similar range, while pokeweed mitogen (PWM) showed a weaker but significant stimulatory action.
(18) The Republican presidential candidate then told Fox News that Amazon is “getting away with murder tax-wise” and has a “huge antitrust problem because he’s [Bezos] controlling so much”.
(19) Although antibodies against selected pathogens were present, no clinical indications of disease were observed in these fox populations.
(20) In a speech to Atlantic Bridge members in New York in November 2002, Fox warned "the natural desire to avoid conflict has been reinforced by an innate pacificism in many sections of western society, especially in continental Europe".
Outfox
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) I had to adapt to her game and was finally able to get some rhythm going towards the end of the second set.” Mattek-Sands has never gone past the fourth round of a grand slam but she has enjoyed success in doubles, winning both the Australian and French Open titles this year, and she outfoxed Williams early on with her touch and craft.
(2) In truth, however, Marriner's 13th dismissal – that of Ryan Shawcross for twice being outfoxed by more nimble-footed opponents either side of the interval – merely galvanized Stoke.
(3) If El Chapo felt any exhilaration that he had done it again, outfoxed them all and slipped the net, reality quickly robbed him of that fantasy: black-uniformed federal police intercepted the outlaws.
(4) Pacquiao, at 35, outworked and outfoxed a younger champion widely regarded as among the top five pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
(5) Outfoxed on technology, the junta responds during times of stress by simply unplugging the internet, especially to stop unwelcome news getting out of the country.
(6) Wily David Carney chalked one up for the nay-saying ageists by outfoxing youngster Thomas Deng to execute a superb run and finish, one which was harder than it may have seemed.
(7) Soldado once again showed that ice runs through his veins, his stutter-step and finish outfoxing Michel Vorm, as it had done Julián Speroni of Crystal Palace in the previous weekend's 1-0 win.
(8) But US politicians, diplomats and analysts warn that after years of mostly outfoxing his foreign backers when the Afghan war was a top policy priority, Karzai may have severely miscalculated the mood in an economically strained US, and a White House distracted by other international crises from Syria to China.
(9) People hold on to outdated technology for any number of reasons, from sentimental through aesthetic or financial to a determination to outfox the future by showing that the old stuff still works.
(10) Or was it really some new form of war – one that could outfox Russia’s enemies without firing a shot?
(11) Shortly after Greece’s new leftist government struck a deal with creditors to extend the country’s bailout to the end of next month, the finance minister and glamour boy for the Syriza radicals waxed triumphalist about how he had outfoxed the eurozone.
(12) So, the only goal – after Adebayor outfoxed Glenn Whelan to get to the byline and stood up the cross for the onrushing Rose to power home – was greeted by jeers.
(13) Yet Liverpool played as though filled with adrenaline and, again, Rodgers had assembled his team in a way to outfox one of their key rivals.
(14) It’s the economies that tank and bomb that can’t support the health service that I think we all need.” Best audience line: In response to the prime minister’s polite “I don’t agree with you, sir,” the blunt answer: “Well you’re wrong.” Gaby Hinsliff Facebook Twitter Pinterest The British public outfox David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg during the BBC’s Question Time Election Leaders Special on Thursday Ed Miliband: too little too late One week to go, the polls turning the wrong way – this was the moment when Ed Miliband had to haul the waverers back into line.
(15) Outfoxed, out of luck and abandoned as never before, he looked tired and downcast.
(16) We were in dialogue with the theater before Tribeca, trying to book [the Angelika] for June,” said Beth Portello, a spokeswoman for Cinema Libre Studio, a small film distributor whose most recognizable hit was Outfoxed, a documentary about the Fox News empire.
(17) Bastian Schweinsteiger was outfoxed by Xavi Hernández a couple of times in the opening moments but continued to close him down energetically.