dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/fox_MW.json
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"fox":{
"antonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"definitions":{
": a clever crafty person":[
"He's a sly old fox ."
],
": a good-looking young woman or man":[],
": a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin":[],
": any of various carnivorous (see carnivorous sense 1 ) mammals (especially genus Vulpes ) of the dog family related to but smaller than wolves with shorter legs, more pointed muzzle, large erect ears, and long bushy tail":[],
": baffle":[
"foxed by his behavior"
],
": intoxicate":[],
": sword":[],
": the fur of a fox":[],
": to trick by ingenuity or cunning : outwit":[],
"Charles James 1749\u20131806 English statesman and orator":[],
"George 1624\u20131691 English preacher and founder of Society of Friends":[],
"river 175 miles (282 kilometers) long in eastern Wisconsin flowing northeast and north through Lake Winnebago into Green Bay":[],
"river 220 miles (354 kilometers) long in southeastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois flowing south into the Illinois River":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"He's a wily old fox .",
"she's a real fox \u2014smart, sassy, and sexy",
"Verb",
"They foxed me into telling the secret.",
"The problem had us foxed !",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"The wild fox that allegedly killed 25 flamingos at the National Zoo in Northwest Washington has been caught and euthanized, the zoo said. \u2014 Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post , 14 May 2022",
"The zoo was at pains to point out that the culprit was a wild fox . \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Local journalists treated the Mellon Scaifes like royalty, describing their appearances at polo matches, horse races and fox hunts at Rolling Rock, a Pennsylvania estate that dated back to his great-grandfather Thomas Mellon. \u2014 Patricia Callahan, ProPublica , 15 Dec. 2021",
"The month of May is here, which means to expect the unexpected at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway \u2014 even if that means a fox darting across your path on the track. \u2014 Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star , 17 May 2022",
"For the next hour or so, Harris put on a clinic of silver- fox star-power. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 14 May 2022",
"In 1996, six flamingos owned by Queen Elizabeth II were slaughtered by a fox , and a seventh died later, reported the Associated Press. \u2014 Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine , 3 May 2022",
"Zoo staffers also briefly spotted the fox in the outdoor area, but the animal escaped. \u2014 Ashraf Khalil, ajc , 5 May 2022",
"Another sinister distraction occurred when a fox that later tested positive for rabies struck fear into the hearts of those who work on Capitol Hill. \u2014 Stephen Collinson, CNN , 7 Apr. 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Raccoon: Raccoon is very similar to fox but rarely comes in any other colors besides that of a typical raccoon which is naturally ombr\u00e9. \u2014 Liana Satenstein, Marie Claire , 13 Feb. 2014",
"Raines has a USDA license to exhibit and sell foxes, but does the latter only to fox sanctuaries, or people who have track records owning foxes, preferably with a license similar to hers. \u2014 Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities , 3 May 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1611, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Verb",
"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fuhs fox and perhaps to Sanskrit puccha tail":"Noun and Verb"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u00e4ks"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024734",
"type":[
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"geographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"foxiness":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"definitions":{
": cunningly shrewd":[],
": having a sharp brisk flavor":[
"foxy grapes"
],
": of a warm reddish-brown color":[
"foxy eyebrows"
],
": physically attractive":[
"a foxy lady"
],
": resembling or suggestive of a fox":[
"a narrow foxy face"
],
": such as":[
"a narrow foxy face"
]
},
"examples":[
"the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These scenes are beautifully imagined, Musidora\u2019s foxy vitality melting into Mira\u2019s moody vibrance before our every eyes. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
"Thanks to White\u2019s foxy -angel vocals, and the sweet, empathetic bastards backing him: bassist Spencer Duncan, drummer Reed Watson, keyboardist Ben Tanner and guitarist Adam Morrow. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
"If Turner\u2019s faith in her characters is not always returned \u2014 Maria, who gets only one scene, feels underwritten, and Leigh, despite Van Sciver\u2019s foxy performance, never quite coheres \u2014 her faith in the audience is an entirely successful investment. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Madonna's forthcoming biopic may be getting a foxy addition. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Getting the tagline of being a foxy person is usually a quite flattering label. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"New York's foxiest hipsters run Afrobeat and Julian Casablancas croon through a drum machine. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 1 May 2020",
"Before long, the women are treating themselves to foxy Louboutins and over-the-top Gucci satchels. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Eventually, Tetlock and his collaborator, Barbara Mellers, assembled a team of foxy volunteers, drawn from the general public, to compete in a forecasting tournament. \u2014 David Epstein, The Denver Post , 22 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u00e4k-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foxy sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061347",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"foxy":{
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"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"definitions":{
": cunningly shrewd":[],
": having a sharp brisk flavor":[
"foxy grapes"
],
": of a warm reddish-brown color":[
"foxy eyebrows"
],
": physically attractive":[
"a foxy lady"
],
": resembling or suggestive of a fox":[
"a narrow foxy face"
],
": such as":[
"a narrow foxy face"
]
},
"examples":[
"the oft-told story of the foxy flatterer who works her way up the ladder of success by stepping on people as she goes",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"These scenes are beautifully imagined, Musidora\u2019s foxy vitality melting into Mira\u2019s moody vibrance before our every eyes. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
"Thanks to White\u2019s foxy -angel vocals, and the sweet, empathetic bastards backing him: bassist Spencer Duncan, drummer Reed Watson, keyboardist Ben Tanner and guitarist Adam Morrow. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 16 May 2022",
"If Turner\u2019s faith in her characters is not always returned \u2014 Maria, who gets only one scene, feels underwritten, and Leigh, despite Van Sciver\u2019s foxy performance, never quite coheres \u2014 her faith in the audience is an entirely successful investment. \u2014 New York Times , 21 Mar. 2022",
"Madonna's forthcoming biopic may be getting a foxy addition. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 19 Jan. 2022",
"Getting the tagline of being a foxy person is usually a quite flattering label. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 21 Dec. 2021",
"New York's foxiest hipsters run Afrobeat and Julian Casablancas croon through a drum machine. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 1 May 2020",
"Before long, the women are treating themselves to foxy Louboutins and over-the-top Gucci satchels. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Eventually, Tetlock and his collaborator, Barbara Mellers, assembled a team of foxy volunteers, drawn from the general public, to compete in a forecasting tournament. \u2014 David Epstein, The Denver Post , 22 July 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8f\u00e4k-s\u0113"
],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for foxy sly , cunning , crafty , wily , tricky , foxy , artful , slick mean attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means. sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods. a sly corporate raider cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing. the cunning fox avoided the trap crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method. a crafty lefthander wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering. the wily fugitive escaped the posse tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering. a tricky political operative foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing. a foxy publicity man planting stories artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness. elicited the information by artful questioning slick emphasizes smoothness and guile. slick operators selling time-sharing",
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"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
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"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"fox grape":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of several native grapes (especially Vitis labrusca ) of eastern North America with sour or musky fruit":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1657, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-145437"
},
"foxhole":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a pit dug usually hastily for individual cover from enemy fire":[]
},
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"\u02c8f\u00e4ks-\u02cch\u014dl"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Addressing the issue means those in positions of power must lead by example, diving right into the foxhole with their teams\u2014and inspiring their employees to follow suit. \u2014 Betsy Leatherman, Fortune , 23 May 2022",
"So how did Smoky get into that foxhole in New Guinea",
"Not bad for a four-pound Yorkshire terrier found alone in a jungle foxhole in 1944. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Aug. 2014",
"Canup was killed on Nov. 14, 1944, while fighting in the battle for H\u00fcrtgen Forest east of the Belgian\u2013German border when enemy artillery fire hit near his foxhole . \u2014 Stephen Smith, CBS News , 11 Mar. 2022",
"The upsets, the foxhole triumph and the chance at an opportunity of a lifetime. \u2014 Joel Lorenzi, The Indianapolis Star , 9 Mar. 2022",
"Doctors later likened those early, frightening pandemic days to being in a foxhole together. \u2014 Evan Bush, NBC News , 15 Jan. 2022",
"One depicts two Korean War soldiers on watch in a frozen foxhole . \u2014 Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News , 18 Oct. 2021",
"Kandahar's airstrip, where Bee was quickly put to work digging a foxhole for himself over Christmas 2001, grew into a post for tens of thousands of NATO troops, complete with Popeyes and Burger Kings and a hockey rink. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 14 Aug. 2021"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1915, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160104"
},
"foxglove aphid":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an aphid ( Acyrthosiphon solani ) that is an economic pest of various cultivated plants (as potatoes) in temperate regions":[]
},
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"foxtail millet":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a coarse drought-resistant but frost-sensitive annual grass ( Setaria italica ) grown for grain, hay, and forage":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1899, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"noun"
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"\u02c8f\u00e4ks-\u02ccgl\u0259v"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The tubular flowers of foxglove are the perfect drinking vessel for hummingbirds. \u2014 Terri Robertson, Country Living , 24 June 2022",
"Some flowering plants, such as foxglove , oleander, lily of the valley and rhododendrons (such as azaleas), can lead to cardiac failure or cause diarrhea and vomiting if dogs ingest them. \u2014 Washington Post , 4 May 2022",
"Chinese foxglove - Rehmannia elata is a perennial from China that should do well in most of our state, but perhaps a little iffy in the northern tier. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 1 May 2022",
"The pollinator garden is 5 feet by 12 feet and now contains monarda (bee balm), crocosmia, delphinium, foxglove , lupine, phlox, columbine, stiff goldenrod, liatris, Black-eyed Susan, and butterfly weed. \u2014 Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll , 17 Apr. 2021",
"Camelot foxglove , both Louisiana Super Plants, are best for our area. \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 25 Nov. 2020",
"This group primarily includes hollyhock, delphinium, columbine and foxglove . \u2014 Dan Gill, NOLA.com , 25 Nov. 2020",
"Classic poisons like hemlock, nightshade, aconite, foxglove , opium, and strychnine were used to treat a range of ails, from the humble head cold to heart conditions, and even worn as makeup. \u2014 Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics , 4 Oct. 2020",
"Also, flowers that are almost tube-shape (such as foxglove ) are popular with hummingbirds, because they're perfectly shaped for their long beaks. \u2014 Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens , 18 June 2020"
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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"type":[
"noun"
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"foxfish":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the European dragonet":[]
},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014119"
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"foxhound":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of various large swift powerful hounds of great endurance used in hunting foxes and developed to form several breeds and many distinctive strains \u2014 compare american foxhound , english foxhound":[]
},
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"\u02c8f\u00e4ks-\u02cchau\u0307nd"
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In October, a four-year-old foxhound was rescued from a drain pipe in Boston after the dog snuck into the storm drain during a walk with his owner. \u2014 Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com , 6 Nov. 2021",
"The foxhound scaled an 8-foot fence and went hunting. \u2014 John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News , 16 Jan. 2021",
"The team was called Franklin\u2019s Friends after the doctors\u2019 beloved foxhound , Franklin. \u2014 Kate Santich, OrlandoSentinel.com , 13 Dec. 2017",
"Hs served as joint master of foxhounds at the Elkridge-Harford Hunt for 21 years. \u2014 Staff Report, The Aegis , 4 Aug. 2017",
"Beagles, foxhounds , Rhodesian Ridgebacks, bassets and other hound breeds tend to be mellow around horses. \u2014 Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee , 28 July 2017",
"But last year\u2019s scarcest breed was the venerable American foxhound , part of the AKC\u2019s roster since 1886. \u2014 Jennifer Peltz, Twin Cities , 21 Mar. 2017",
"The children's book, inspired by a real laboratory dog, is about a foxhound that has never been outside a lab cage till a ladybug leads her on an adventure that leads to a home with a solitary young girl who has secrets of her own. \u2014 Carole Goldberg, courant.com , 28 June 2017"
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1763, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045231"
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"first_known_use":{
"1946, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-054927"
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"fox fire":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The northern lights are referred to in Finnish as revontulet, which literally translates as fox fire . \u2014 David Nikel, Forbes , 28 Mar. 2022"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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},
"foxtail pine":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
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": any of several American pines with a dense head of foliage: such as":[],
": a moderate to large pine ( Pinus balfouriana ) of upland western North America that is initially pyramidal but becomes irregular and open with age and that has stiff crowded persistent leaves, short-stalked dark brown pendulous cones, and bark initially milk white but becoming reddish brown and deeply fissured with age":[],
": bristlecone pine":[],
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": any of several grasses (especially genera Alopecurus, Hordeum , and Setaria ) with spikes resembling brushes":[]
},
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"My older son marveled at the new terrain: oak trees draped in Spanish moss, camelia and foxtail ferns, the ground alive with lizards and crabs. \u2014 William Torrey, Longreads , 5 May 2022",
"Crawford\u2019s wife, Jenny, of Branch Out Landscape Design, also in Carlsbad, added drought-tolerant plants to complement the house and deck, including red bougainvillea, plumeria, lomandra, asparagus foxtail ferns, agaves and pittosporum crassifolium. \u2014 Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune , 23 Apr. 2022",
"The fox tricks the barnyard animals in the foxtail version. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Dec. 2021",
"My dog runs out in front with his nose to the ground, trying to tree a foxtail or gray. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 12 Jan. 2021",
"Don was there the first time Vladimir treed his first foxtail in the backyard. \u2014 Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life , 28 Dec. 2020",
"His compositions might consist of a single branch with a cluster of moss green dwarf chestnuts, or loose stems of pale water lilies or a spray of feathery foxtail barley. \u2014 New York Times , 18 Nov. 2020",
"Among the virtual rainbow of plants are foxtail agave, sea lavender, society garlic, blue chalksticks, lantana, Texas sundrop, paddle plants, butterfly bush, cape plumbago, agapanthus and a small bougainvillea bush. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 20 Sep. 2020",
"For outdoors, hedera English ivy and foxtail fern work well in low light, while most sedums and asparagus fern need brighter light. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com , 22 Aug. 2020"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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