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foul

/f/AU/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

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

    adj.all

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. an act that violates the rules of a sport

    noun.act

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. A bird.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  3. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

  4. In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

    adj.all

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. offensively malodorous

    adj.all

    Examples
    A foul odor.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. violating accepted standards or rules

    adj.all

    Examples
    Used foul means to gain power.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

    adj.all

    Examples
    Foul (or dirty) copy.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. characterized by obscenity

    adj.all

    Examples
    Foul language.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

    adj.all

    Examples
    A foul pond.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. especially of a ship's lines etc

    adj.all

    Examples
    With its sails afoul.
    A foul anchor.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. hit a foul ball

    verb.competition

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. make impure

    verb.change

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. become or cause to become obstructed

    verb.contact

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. commit a foul; break the rules

    verb.competition

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. spot, stain, or pollute

    verb.change

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. make unclean

    verb.change

    Examples
    Foul the water.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. become soiled and dirty

    verb.change

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to <i>foul</i> the face or hands with mire.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  9. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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