Fog vs. Fox

Fognoun

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

Foxnoun

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

‘the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’;

Fognoun

(uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.

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).

Fognoun

A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.

‘He did so many drugs, he was still in a fog three months after going through detox.’;

Foxnoun

The fur of a fox.

Fognoun

(photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.

Foxnoun

A fox terrier.

Fognoun

(computer graphics) Distance fog.

Foxnoun

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

Fognoun

A new growth of grass appearing on a field that has been mowed or grazed.

Foxnoun

A cunning person.

Fognoun

Tall and decaying grass left standing after the cutting or grazing season; foggage.

Foxnoun

(slang) A physically attractive man or woman.

Fognoun

(Scotland) Moss.

Foxnoun

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

Fogverb

(intransitive) To become covered with or as if with fog.

Foxnoun

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

Fogverb

(intransitive) To become obscured in condensation or water.

‘The mirror fogged every time he showered.’;

Foxnoun

(cartomancy) The fourteenth Lenormand card.

Fogverb

To become dim or obscure.

Foxnoun

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

Fogverb

(transitive) To cover with or as if with fog.

Foxverb

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

Fogverb

(transitive) To disperse insecticide into (a forest canopy) so as to collect organisms.

Foxverb

(transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).

‘This crossword puzzle has completely foxed me.’;

Fogverb

(transitive) To obscure in condensation or water.

Foxverb

(intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.

Fogverb

(transitive) To make confusing or obscure.

Foxverb

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

‘The pages of the book show distinct foxing.’;

Fogverb

To make dim or obscure.

Foxverb

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

Fogverb

To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

Foxverb

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

Fogverb

(transitive) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

Foxverb

(transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

Fogverb

(intransitive) To become covered with the kind of grass called fog.

Foxverb

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

Fognoun

A second growth of grass; aftergrass.

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.

‘Subtle as the fox for prey.’;

Fognoun

Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.

Foxnoun

The European dragonet.

Fognoun

A state of mental confusion.

Foxnoun

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

Fognoun

Cloudiness or partial opacity of those parts of a developed film or a photograph which should be clear.

Foxnoun

A sly, cunning fellow.

‘We call a crafty and cruel man a fox.’;

Fogverb

To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

Foxnoun

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

Fogverb

To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog.

‘Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee?’;

Foxnoun

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

‘Thou diest on point of fox.’;

Fogverb

To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

Foxnoun

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

Fogverb

To render semiopaque or cloudy, as a negative film, by exposure to stray light, too long an exposure to the developer, etc.

Foxverb

To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.

‘I drank . . . so much wine that I was almost foxed.’;

Fogverb

To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.

Foxverb

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

Fognoun

droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground

Foxverb

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

Fognoun

an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

Foxverb

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

Fognoun

confusion characterized by lack of clarity

Foxnoun

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

Fogverb

make less visible or unclear;

‘The stars are obscured by the clouds’;

Foxnoun

a shifty deceptive person

Fognoun

a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures or restricts visibility (to a greater extent than mist; strictly, reducing visibility to below 1 km)

‘the collision occurred in thick fog’;

Foxnoun

the gray or reddish-brown fur of a fox

Fognoun

an opaque mass of particles in the air

‘a whirling fog of dust’;

Foxnoun

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

Fognoun

cloudiness which obscures the image on a developed negative or print.

Foxnoun

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

Fognoun

a state or cause of perplexity or confusion

‘the coffee helped clear the fog in my brain’;

Foxnoun

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

Fognoun

the grass which grows in a field after a crop of hay has been taken.

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox people

Fognoun

long grass left standing in a pasture and used as winter grazing.

Foxverb

deceive somebody;

‘We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week’;

Fogverb

(with reference to a glass surface) cover or become covered with steam

‘the windscreen was starting to fog up’; ‘hot steam drifted about her, fogging up the window’;

Foxverb

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’;

Fogverb

make (a film, negative, or print) obscure or cloudy.

Foxverb

become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

Fogverb

bewilder or puzzle

‘she stared at him, confusion fogging her brain’;

Foxnoun

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

Fogverb

make (an idea or situation) difficult to understand

‘the government has been fogging the issue’;

Foxnoun

the Algonquian language of the Fox, now almost extinct.

Fogverb

spray with an insecticide.

Foxverb

baffle or deceive (someone)

‘the abbreviation foxed me completely’;

Fog

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface. Fog can be considered a type of low-lying cloud usually resembling stratus, and is heavily influenced by nearby bodies of water, topography, and wind conditions.

Foxverb

behave in a cunning or sly way

‘to his mind everybody was dodging and foxing’;

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).