Foul

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Offensive to the senses; revolting.
  • adjective. Having a bad odor or taste.
  • adjective. Rotten or putrid.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Containing dirt, impurities, or other foreign matter;
  • adjective. Clogged or bestrewn with unwanted material.
  • adjective. Overgrown or encrusted with weeds, barnacles, or other organisms. Used of a ship's bottom.
  • adjective. Entangled or enwrapped.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Morally detestable; wicked.
  • adjective. Vulgar or obscene.
  • adjective. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Very disagreeable or displeasing; horrid.
  • adjective. Inclement or unfavorable.
  • adjective. Irritable or upset.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Contrary to the rules of a game or sport.
  • adjective. Outside the foul lines.
  • adjective. Marked with editorial changes or corrections.
  • adjective. Ugly; unattractive.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An infraction or a violation of the rules of play.
  • noun. A foul ball.
  • noun. An entanglement or a collision.
  • noun. An instance of clogging or obstructing.
  • noun. A foul copy of a document.
  • adverb. In a foul manner.
  • intransitive verb. To make dirty or foul; pollute. synonym: contaminate.
  • intransitive verb. To bring into dishonor; besmirch.
  • intransitive verb. To clog or obstruct.
  • intransitive verb. To entangle or catch (a rope, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To encrust (a ship's hull) with foreign matter, such as barnacles.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To commit a foul against.
  • intransitive verb. To hit (a ball) outside the foul lines.
  • intransitive verb. To become foul.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To commit a foul.
  • intransitive verb. To hit a ball outside the foul lines.
  • intransitive verb. To become entangled or twisted.
  • intransitive verb. To become clogged or obstructed.
  • phrasal verb. To be put out of a game for exceeding the number of permissible fouls.
  • phrasal verb. To blunder or cause to blunder because of mistakes or poor judgment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An obsolete spelling of fowl.
  • To make foul, in any sense; befoul.
  • Nautical, to entangle.
  • To become foul or dirty: as, a gun. fouls from long use.
  • Nautical, to come into collision, as two boats; become entangled or clogged: as, the rope fouled; the block fouled.
  • Word Usage
    "“Boleyn,” said Brandon, the word foul on his tongue."
    Form
    afoul  befoul  fouled  fouling  nonfoul  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    attaint  begrime  bemire  change  colly  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Raul  afoul  cowl  crowl  fowl  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    fouled  fouling  foulness  fouls