"foxhole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: foxholes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foxhol}} Middle English foxhol, {{inh|en|ang|foxhol}} Old English foxhol, {{com|en|fox|hole}} fox + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} foxhole (plural foxholes)
  1. The burrow in the ground where a fox lives. Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Translations (fox's burrow): rævegrav [common-gender] (Danish), vossenhol [neuter] (Dutch), ketunkolo (Finnish), renardière [feminine] (French), 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba) [feminine] (Gothic), rókalyuk (Hungarian), 狐塚 (kitsunezuka) (alt: きつねづか) (Japanese), лиси́чина ду́пка (lisíčina dúpka) [feminine] (Macedonian), revehi [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), revehi [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), foxhol [neuter] (Old English), ли́сья нора́ (lísʹja norá) [feminine] (Russian), rävgryt (Swedish), лиси́ча нора́ (lysýča norá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ли́сяча нора́ (lýsjača norá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-foxhole-en-noun-YbX7WasW Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 54 36 6 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 8 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 44 11 5 Disambiguation of "fox's burrow": 79 21
  2. (military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire. Categories (topical): Military Translations (small pit dug into the ground as a shelter): ако́п (akóp) [masculine] (Belarusian), траншэ́я (tranšéja) [feminine] (Belarusian), роў (roŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), и́зкоп (ízkop) [masculine] (Bulgarian), schuttersputje [neuter] (Dutch), potero (Finnish), tranchée [feminine] (French), trou de tirailleur [masculine] (French), 蛸壷 (takotsubo) (alt: たこつぼ) (Japanese), и́скоп (ískop) [masculine] (Macedonian), о́коп (ókop) [masculine] (Macedonian), ров (rov) [masculine] (Macedonian), okop [masculine] (Polish), rów [masculine] (Polish), око́п (okóp) [masculine] (Russian), транше́я (tranšéja) [feminine] (Russian), ша́нец (šánec) [masculine] (Russian), ров (rov) [masculine] (Russian), око́п (okóp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ша́нець (šánecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), окі́п (okíp) [masculine] (Ukrainian), транше́я (tranšéja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), рів (riv) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-foxhole-en-noun-vhZsEgLO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 8 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 44 11 5 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'small pit dug into the ground as a shelter': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dugout, fighting hole, spider hole Derived forms: Foxhole Circuit, foxhole radio

Verb

Forms: foxholes [present, singular, third-person], foxholing [participle, present], foxholed [participle, past], foxholed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English foxhol, from Old English foxhol, equivalent to fox + hole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|foxhol}} Middle English foxhol, {{inh|en|ang|foxhol}} Old English foxhol, {{com|en|fox|hole}} fox + hole Head templates: {{en-verb}} foxhole (third-person singular simple present foxholes, present participle foxholing, simple past and past participle foxholed)
  1. (transitive) To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-foxhole-en-verb-gOsKzLLJ Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 44 11 5
  2. (transitive) To drive into a military foxhole. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-foxhole-en-verb-2QOIBmSY

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      "word": "spider hole"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "fox's burrow",
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      "word": "rævegrav"
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      "sense": "fox's burrow",
      "word": "ketunkolo"
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      "sense": "fox's burrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "rókalyuk"
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      "alt": "きつねづか",
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      "roman": "kitsunezuka",
      "sense": "fox's burrow",
      "word": "狐塚"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "sense": "fox's burrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "fox's burrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́сья нора́"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "fox's burrow",
      "word": "rävgryt"
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      "roman": "lysýča norá",
      "sense": "fox's burrow",
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      "sense": "small pit dug into the ground as a shelter",
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      "sense": "small pit dug into the ground as a shelter",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small pit dug into the ground as a shelter",
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      "word": "trou de tirailleur"
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      "sense": "small pit dug into the ground as a shelter",
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      ],
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          "ref": "1985, Luther H. Wolff, Forward surgeon: the diary of Luther H. Wolff, M.D., page 70",
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          "ref": "1988, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, A. L. Marshall, Ambush: The Battle of Dau Tieng, page 43",
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