to fox
- verb
- /fɑks/
- Specialized
:
mancharse
- Some antique books fox over time, developing brownish spots on their pages.
Examples
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The old letters began to fox after years of being stored in the attic.
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The pages of the old book were foxed and yellowed.
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Humidity caused several documents in the archive to fox noticeably.
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I found a foxed copy of the novel at the thrift store.
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The old book began to fox due to the damp storage conditions.
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The documents were left in the basement, and over time they started to fox.
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If books are not stored properly, they can easily fox and become unusable.
Idioms
Compounds
- US
1
5.7
A medium-sized wild animal with gray fur that lives in North and Central America and can climb trees
- US
1
7.2
A small gray fox with large ears that lives in western North American deserts and is active at night
A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals
A nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel who led forces in North Africa during World War II
A large tree squirrel with a bushy tail and reddish gray fur that lives in the eastern United States
- Specialized
A wild grape native to eastern North America with dark purple fruit used for jams and juices
- Specialized
A large shark in warm seas with a long whiplike tail used to herd and stun small fish
- US
A small wild fox from Mexico and the US with a long bushy tail with black and white rings
How Discoloured
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the paper meaning is this: when old books get brown spots people call that 'foxing' because the spots look a little like the brown color of fox fur. So to say paper has foxed it means it has turned with brownish spots, like the color of a fox's coat.