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Definition of 'foul' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) foul
grossly offensive to the senses:
a foul smell.

2.  foul
polluted:
foul air.

3.  foul
muddy; dirty.

4.  foul
clogged with foreign matter:
a foul gas jet.

5.  foul
inclement:
foul weather.

6.  foul
impeding navigation, as the wind.

7.  foul
morally offensive:
a foul deed.

8.  foul
profane; obscene:
foul language.

9.  foul
contrary to the rules or practices, as in a sport.

10.  foul
pertaining to a foul ball or a foul line in baseball.

11.  foul
obstructed; entangled:
a foul anchor.

12.  foul
marked with corrections and changes:
foul manuscripts.

13. (adv.) foul
in a foul manner.

14.  foul
into foul territory:
The ball went foul.

15. (n.) foul
a collision; entanglement:
a foul between racing sculls.

16.  foul
a violation of the rules of a sport or game.

17. (v.t.) foul
to defile; soil.

18.  foul
to clog; obstruct.

19.  foul
to collide with.

20.  foul
to cause to become entangled or caught, as a rope.

21.  foul
to dishonor:
Scandal fouled his good name.

22.  foul
to hit (a pitched ball) foul.

23. (v.i.) foul
to come into collision.

24.  foul
to become entangled or clogged.

25.  foul
to commit a foul in a sport or game.

26.  foul
to hit a foul ball.

27.  foul
foul out,

28.  foul
(of a baseball batter) to make an out by hitting a foul ball that is caught.

29.  foul
to be expelled from a basketball game for having committed more fouls than are allowed.

30.  foul
foul up, to bungle things.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME ful, foul, OE fūl)

Definition of 'foul' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) foul
an act that violates the rules of a sport

2. (adj) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
"a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

3. (adj) fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
offensively malodorous
"a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

4. (adj) cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

5. (adj) foul
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

6. (adj) dirty, foul, marked-up
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
"foul (or dirty) copy"

7. (adj) cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty
characterized by obscenity
"had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

8. (adj) filthy, foul, nasty
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
"as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"

9. (verb) afoul(ip), foul, fouled
especially of a ship's lines etc
"with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"

10. (verb) foul
hit a foul ball

11. (verb) pollute, foul, contaminate
make impure
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

12. (verb) clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
become or cause to become obstructed
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

13. (verb) foul
commit a foul; break the rules

14. (verb) foul, befoul, defile, maculate
spot, stain, or pollute
"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

15. (verb) foul
make unclean
"foul the water"

16. (verb) foul
become soiled and dirty


Definition of 'foul' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) foul
in sports, to do sth to another player that is against the rules
He was fouled by one of Duke players.

2.  foul
to make extremely dirty
dogs fouling the sidewalk

3. (noun) foul
in sport, the act of fouling a player
The referee didn't call the foul.

4. (adjective) foul
dirty and disgusting
a foul smell

5.  foul
very unpleasant
foul weather; a foul taste


Definition of 'foul' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) foul
a bird

2. (noun) foul
an entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race

3. (noun) foul
see Foul ball, under Foul, a

4.  foul
covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water

5.  foul
scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language

6.  foul
hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched

7.  foul
loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease

8.  foul
ugly; homely; poor

9.  foul
not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc

10.  foul
not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play

11.  foul
having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out

12. (verb) foul
to make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire

13. (verb) foul
to incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing

14. (verb) foul
to cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles

15. (verb) foul
to entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race

16. (verb) foul
to become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun

17. (verb) foul
to become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled


Translation of 'foul' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (especially of smell or taste) causing disgust
a foul smell.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: onaangename Arabic flag Arabic: فاسِد، كريه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отвратителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ruim Czech flag Czech: hnusný, páchnoucí German flag German: faul
Danish flag Danish: modbydelig; afskyelig Greek flag Greek: απαίσιος, αηδιαστικός, βρ Spanish flag Spanish: asqueroso, fétido
Estonian flag Estonian: jälk Farsi flag Farsi: متعفن Finnish flag Finnish: paha
French flag French: infect Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַבחִיל Hindi flag Hindi: बदबूदार
Croatian flag Croatian: neugodan, smrdljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: rossz szagú Indonesian flag Indonesian: menjijikkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fúll, viðbjóðslegur Italian flag Italian: cattivo Japanese flag Japanese: むかつくような
Korean flag Korean: 역겹도록 싫은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bjaurus Latvian flag Latvian: (par garšu, smaku) riebīg
Malay flag Malay: menjijikkan Dutch flag Dutch: vies Norwegian flag Norwegian: illeluktende, stinkende
Polish flag Polish: wstrętny, paskudny Persian flag Persian: متعفن Pashto flag Pashto: ناوړه، دشرم وړ، بى قاعدې،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ruim Romanian flag Romanian: scabros Russian flag Russian: отвратительный
Slovak flag Slovak: hnusný Slovenian flag Slovenian: gnusen Serbian flag Serbian: neprijatan
Swedish flag Swedish: dålig, skämd Thai flag Thai: น่ารังเกียจ Turkish flag Turkish: iğrenç
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 難聞的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: смердючий Urdu flag Urdu: بدبودار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hôi hám; hôi thối Chinese flag Chinese: 难闻的

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