fox
/fɑks/ verb C2- To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- To sham, to dissemble.
- To confuse or baffle (someone). · This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.
- To act slyly or craftily.
- To cheat or rob.
- To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity. (See foxing.) · The pages of the book show distinct foxing.
- To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
He/she/it foxes · Past foxed · Past participle foxed · -ing form foxing
Verb forms
- Base form
- fox
- He/she/it
- foxes
- Past
- foxed
- Past participle
- foxed
- -ing form
- foxing
From the library
## The Fox and the Mask
A FOX entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head.
## The Fox and the Monkey
A FOX and a Monkey were traveling together on the same road.
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