English Dictionary

fox

/fɒks/

verb

(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity. / (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone). / (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.

The cunning fox tricked the other animals.

意味（1）

(transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.

意味（2）

(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).

This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.)

The pages of the book show distinct foxing.

意味（5）

(transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.

意味（6）

(intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

意味（7）

(transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

I drank […] so much wine that I was almost foxed.

意味（8）

(transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.