Dictionary Entry
A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy tail.
In a Sentence
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
Origin
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Poetry examples for “fox”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Sir Stephen Fox. — Once a link boy ; then
a singing boy at Sahsbury ; then a serving
Read full poem →The cock has ceased to crow, the hen to cluck:
Only the fox is out, some heedless duck
Or chicken to surprise.
Read full poem →Our confidences heavenwards grew,
Like fox-glove buds, in pairs disclosed.
Our former faults did we confess,
Read full poem →So England conservative, England of Southey and Burke,
The fox-hunting squires, the England of Church and of State,
The England half mule and half ox, writes you down, O Voltaire:
Read full poem →much credit to their colourable and feigned good-will, he telleth him a
tale of the Fox, that, by such a counterpoint of craftiness, deceived
and devoured the credulous Kid.
Read full poem →By that he ended had his ghostly sermon,
The fox was well induc'd to be a parson,
And of the priest eftsoons gan to inquire,
Read full poem →The old beaver kept on looking at the fox as if he
were about to laugh. Finally he said:
Read full poem →The wolf and the fox, however, suspected her of
theft, and thought of a way to find out whether she was
Read full poem →* Good morning, cousin,” said the fox. “ Where did
you get this fine string of crawfish? ”