Meaning

17 senses
  1. 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:

    (countable, uncountable)Any member of the genus Vulpes; a true fox.

    Fuchs, Fuchsrüde, Füchsin

    лиса́lisá, лиси́цаlisíca, лисlis

    лисlys, лиси́цяlysýcja

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

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

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

    the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox

  3. 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:

    (countable, uncountable)Other canines that resemble true foxes, of the genera Cerdocyon, Lycalopex, Otocyon, and Urocyon.

  4. (uncountable)The fur of a fox.

    the Algonquian language of the Fox

  5. (countable, uncountable)A fox terrier.

    Fuchspelz

    лиса́lisá, лиси́цаlisíca, ли́сий мехlísij mex

  6. (Australia, countable, uncountable)A flying fox.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.

  8. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A cunning person.

    Fuchs

    ло́вкий плутlóvkij plut, лиса́lisá, лисlis

    a shifty deceptive person

  9. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A physically attractive person, typically a woman.

    краса́вицаkrasávica, ко́шечкаkóšečka, ки́скаkíska

  10. (countable, figuratively, slang, uncountable)A person with reddish brown hair, typically a woman.

  11. (countable, uncountable)A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats, sennits, and gaskets.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.

Examples

316 sentences
  1. A fox is a wild animal.

    Лисиця — дика тварина.

    ruЛиса - дикое животное.

    deFüchse sind Wildtiere.

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  2. The dog ran after a fox.

    Пес погнався за лисицею.

    ruСобака побежала за лисой.

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  3. This is a fox.

    Це лисиця.

    deDas ist ein Fuchs.

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  4. It looks like a fox.

    Схоже на лисицю.

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  5. That fox must have killed the hen.

    Ця лисиця, мабуть, задушила курку.

    ruТа лиса, должно быть, убила курицу.

    deDieser Fuchs da muss das Huhn getötet haben.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
Vulpes:
Русский
By meaning 4
any of the species in the tribe Vulpini:
fox fur:
cunning person:
attractive woman:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
Vulpes:
fox fur:

Origin

From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, fro

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”).

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Forms

plural: foxes
Singularfox
Pluralfoxes

regular

Synonyms

69 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the Algonquian language of the Fox:Fox language
  • English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691):George Fox
  • English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806):Charles James Fox
  • a shifty deceptive person:dodgerslyboots

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

118 related words

See also

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