262. Fox - GRE Vocabulary - Fox / Foxed / Foxy / Outfox / Foxing

Fox : 여우, 여우같은 사람, 교활한 사람, 속이다, 혼란스럽게 하다

Foxed : 이해할 수 없는, 풀 수 없는, 혼란스러운

Foxy : 여우같은, 매력적인, 성적으로 섹시한, 교활한, 간교한

Foxily : 교활하게

Outfox : ~을 한 수 앞서다, ~을 앞지르다, ~보다 더 똑똑하다, ~을 이기다

Foxing : (오래된 종이)변색, 퇴색

 

 

1)

a fox, as an noun

It's related to wolves and dogs

vulpes vulpes

Formality : 5

 

If you call a person, a fox

cunning, sly, tricky, crafty person

the man is an old fox so be very careful in your dealings with him

Formality : 3

 

 

2) 

as a verb

to fox, to trick somebody, to fool you, to confuse, to baffle 

I was completely foxed by question three, I was baffled by I couldn't find the answer 

Formality : 4

 

 

3)

as a verb

to outfox somebody

to be smarter than them 

I outfox my competitor and like that I won the game

to beat somebody in a competition of being intelligent

Formality : 4.5

 

 

4)

as an adjective, foxy

a foxy woman

sextually attractive and beautiful

 

and also it can be used for the meaning of being cuuning, tricky, sly

he is very foxy individual, so be careful

Formality : 4

 

 

5)

fox and foxing

you can also use it to talk about discoloration on the old papers

brown spots on the old papers

Formality : 4

 

 

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