Fox vs. Wolf

Foxnoun

A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.

Foxnoun

Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe Vulpini within the family Canidae, consisting of nine genera (see the Wikipedia article on the fox).

Foxnoun

The fur of a fox.

Foxnoun

A fox terrier.

Foxnoun

The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.

Foxnoun

A cunning person.

Foxnoun

(slang) A physically attractive man or woman.

Foxnoun

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

Foxnoun

(mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.

Foxnoun

(cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.

Foxnoun

(obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Foxverb

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

Foxverb

(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).

Foxverb

(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.

Foxverb

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

Foxverb

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

Foxverb

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

Foxverb

(transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Foxverb

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

Foxnoun

A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidæ, 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.

Foxnoun

The European dragonet.

Foxnoun

The fox shark or thrasher shark; - called also sea fox. See Thrasher shark, under Shark.

Foxnoun

A sly, cunning fellow.

Foxnoun

Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar; - used for seizings or mats.

Foxnoun

A sword; - so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.

Foxnoun

A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin; - called also Outagamies.

Foxverb

To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Foxverb

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

Foxverb

To repair the feet of, as of boots, with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.

Foxverb

To turn sour; - said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.

Foxnoun

alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs

Foxnoun

a shifty deceptive person

Foxnoun

the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox

Foxnoun

English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806)

Foxnoun

English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

Foxnoun

a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox people

Foxverb

deceive somebody;

Foxverb

be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly;

Foxverb

become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

Foxnoun

a member of a North American people formerly living in southern Wisconsin, and now mainly in Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox, now almost extinct.

Foxverb

baffle or deceive (someone)

Foxverb

behave in a cunning or sly way

Foxadjective

relating to the Fox or their language.

Fox

Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or brush).

Wolfnoun

The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.

Wolfnoun

A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

Wolfnoun

(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.

Wolfnoun

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.

Wolfnoun

(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.

Wolfnoun

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

Wolfnoun

(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.

Wolfnoun

A willying machine.

Wolfverb

(transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

Wolfverb

To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.

Wolfverb

(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

Wolfnoun

Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

Wolfnoun

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvæ of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.

Wolfnoun

Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

Wolfnoun

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

Wolfnoun

An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.

Wolfnoun

The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.

Wolfnoun

A willying machine.

Wolfnoun

any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Wolfnoun

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

Wolfnoun

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

Wolfnoun

a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

Wolfnoun

a cruelly rapacious person

Wolfverb

eat hastily;

Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, and gray wolves, as colloquially understood, comprise non-domestic/feral subspecies.