Foul (IPA: /ˈfaʊɫ/)
| Foul (n.) |
A bird. |
| Foul (superl.) |
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. |
| Foul (superl.) |
Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. |
| Foul (superl.) |
Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. |
| Foul (superl.) |
Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. |
| Foul (superl.) |
Ugly; homely; poor. |
| Foul (superl.) |
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. |
| Foul (superl.) |
Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. |
| Foul (superl.) |
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. |
| Foul (v. t.) |
To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire. |
| Foul (v. t.) |
To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing. |
| Foul (v. t.) |
To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles. |
| Foul (v. t.) |
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. |
| Foul (v. i.) |
To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun. |
| Foul (v. i.) |
To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled. |
| Foul (n.) |
An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race. |
| Foul (n.) |
See Foul ball, under Foul, a. |
| Foul |
Unfair act by a player in association football |
| Foul |
Nautical term meaning to entangle or entwine, and more generally that something is wrong or difficult |
| Foul |
Inappropriate or unfair act by a player, usually violating the rules of a sport or game |
| Foul |
Unfair act by a player in basketball |
| Foul |
Fanzine |
| Foul Synonyms |
Afoul, Fouled, Tangled |
| Foul Synonyms |
Unsporting, Unsportsmanlike, Cheating, Unjust, Dirty, Unfair |
| Foul Synonyms |
Marked-up, Illegible, Dirty |
| Foul Synonyms |
Repellant, Wicked, Disgusting, Loathsome, Repellent, Revolting, Repelling, Yucky, Skanky, Distasteful, Loathly, Offensive, Disgustful |
| Foul Synonyms |
Ill-scented, Stinking, Stinky, Foul-smelling, Fetid, Noisome, Foetid, Funky, Malodorous, Ill-smelling, Smelly, Unpeasant-smelling, Malodourous |
| Foul Synonyms |
Smutty, Nasty, Filthy, Dirty |
| Foul Synonyms |
Filthy, Unclean, Soiled, Nasty, Dirty |
| Foul Synonyms |
Out-of-bounds |
| Foul Synonyms |
Defile, Befoul, Maculate |
| Foul Synonyms |
Congest, Clog Up, Choke, Choke Off, Back Up, Clog |
| Foul Synonyms |
Pollute, Contaminate |
Foul Rhymes
Coull, Cowl, Crowl, Crowle, Foul, Fowl, Growl, Houle, Howl, Jowl, Moul, Owl, Prowl, Raul, Scowl, Soule, Sproul, Sprowl, Towel, Towle |
Afoul, Befoul |
| Spanish Translation |
Foul in Spanish is Falta |
| Tagalog Translation |
Foul in Tagalog is Ditapat |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " "Ankh-Morpork, the melting pot of the world, which occasionally runs foul of lumps that don't melt ."" - Discworld |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " For nothing can seem foul to those that win." - Henry IV, Part 1 |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them; But, in the less, foul profanation." - Wit |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Keep * * * thy pen from lenders' books, and defy the foul fiend." - Books |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Like I always tell you, there's nothing wrong with spying as long as you suspect foul play. So, who's Andi?" - Little Fockers |
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