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# vixen

«vixen» in Mova's school dictionary: **a female fox** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (vixens)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vixen is a female fox. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vixen/#m1)

2) In old tales a vixen is a sly, cunning creature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vixen/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a female fox; in animal tales the vixen is often clever and sly

### examples

- The vixen ran into the thicket with her cubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vixen/#x1)
- The hens were safe until the vixen came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vixen/#x2)
- "Here I am," yapped the vixen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vixen/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vixen» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vixen/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.