fox
1. alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail;
most are predators that do not hunt in packs (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
canine, canid
• Hyponyms:
vixen, Reynard, red fox, Vulpes vulpes, Vulpes fulva,
kit fox, prairie fox, Vulpes velox, Vulpes macrotis, Arctic fox, white fox,
Alopex lagopus, grey fox, gray fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus
2. a shifty deceptive person (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
dodger, slyboots
• Derivationally related forms:
foxy, dodge (for: dodger)
• Hypernyms:
deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
3. the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox
• Hypernyms:
fur, pelt
1. be confusing or perplexing to;
cause to be unable to think clearly
- These questions confuse even the experts
- This question completely threw me
- This question befuddled even the teacher
• Syn:
confuse, throw, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil,
confound, discombobulate
• Derivationally related forms:
discombobulation (for: discombobulate), befuddlement (for: befuddle), confusion (for: confuse)
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
demoralize, perplex, vex, stick, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound,
disorient, disorientate
• Verb Group:
confuse, flurry, disconcert, put off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. deceive somebody
- We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week
• Syn:
flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob,
pull a fast one on, play a trick on
• Derivationally related forms:
trick (for: trick), tricker (for: trick), trickery (for: trick), flimflam (for: flim-flam)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
• Hyponyms:
snooker
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something (for: trick)
3. become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots
• Hypernyms:
spot
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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