fox
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(verb) become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots |
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Related Words: spot |
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(noun) alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs |
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Related Words: Alopex lagopus, Reynard, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Vulpes fulva, Vulpes macrotis, Vulpes velox, Vulpes vulpes, arctic fox, canid, canine, gray fox, grey fox, kit fox, prairie fox, red fox, white fox |
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(noun) the Algonquian language of the Fox people |
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Related Words: Algonquian, Algonquian language, Algonquin |
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(noun) a member of an Algonquian people formerly living W of Lake Michigan along the Fox River |
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Related Words: Algonquian, Algonquin |
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(noun) (1624-1691) English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends |
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Synonyms: George Fox |
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Related Words: religionist, religious person |
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(noun) the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox |
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Related Words: fur, pelt |
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(noun) a shifty deceptive person |
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Synonyms: dodger, slyboots |
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Related Words: cheat, cheater, deceiver, trickster |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fuddle, throw |
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Related Words: amaze, baffle, be, beat, bewilder, disorient, disorientate, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, stupify, trounce |
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(verb) pull a fast one, play a trick on somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" |
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Synonyms: fob, trick |
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Related Words: cozen, deceive, delude, lead on, snooker |
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