foxing

1. 1
   noununcountable

   Brown spots and stains that show up on old paper as it ages.

   Like the brown spots that appear on a banana skin as it gets old.

   The old book had brown foxing along the edges of every page.

   Collectors hate seeing foxing spread across rare prints.

   Similarspotting, discoloration, mottling

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of fox. Use this form for something happening right now.

   This tricky puzzle is foxing the whole class.

   The magician kept foxing the audience with his clever tricks.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A strip of material that joins the top part of a shoe to its bottom sole.

   Like a strip of tape wrapped around the edge where two parts meet.

   The white foxing on those sneakers was starting to peel off.

   He glued the foxing back onto the side of his shoe.

4. 4
   noununcountable

   Clever, sneaky behavior used to trick or fool someone.

   Like a fox sneaking around to outsmart the farmer's hens.

   There was a lot of foxing in the way he won the game.

   Her foxing fooled everyone at the card table.

   Similartrickery, cunning, guile, deception, chicanery

   Oppositehonesty, candor

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5. 5
   nounslanguncountable

   Pretending to be asleep or knocked out when you are really awake.

   Like a kid keeping their eyes shut to fool a parent into thinking they're asleep.

   He was just foxing, not really sleeping at all.

   The cat looked dead to the world, but it was only foxing.

   Similarfaking, pretending

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