Definition of Foul in English :
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Foul meaning in English
Meaning of Foul in English
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Foul pronunciation in English
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Foul
see synonyms of foulNoun
1. foul
an act that violates the rules of a sport
Verb
2. foul
hit a foul ball
3. contaminate, foul, pollute
make impure
Example Sentences:'The industrial wastes polluted the lake'
4. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul
become or cause to become obstructed
Example Sentences:'The leaves clog our drains in the Fall''The water pipe is backed up'
5. foul
commit a foul; break the rules
6. befoul, defile, foul, maculate
spot, stain, or pollute
Example Sentences:'The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it'
7. foul
make unclean
Example Sentences:'foul the water'
8. foul
become soiled and dirty
Adjective
9. disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Example Sentences:'a disgusting smell''distasteful language''a loathsome disease''the idea of eating meat is repellent to me''revolting food''a wicked stench'
10. fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking
offensively malodorous
Example Sentences:'a foul odor''the kitchen smelled really funky'
11. cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
violating accepted standards or rules
Example Sentences:'a dirty fighter''used foul means to gain power''a nasty unsporting serve''fined for unsportsmanlike behavior'
12. foul
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
Example Sentences:'foul (or dirty) copy'
14. cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty
characterized by obscenity
Example Sentences:'had a filthy mouth''foul language''smutty jokes'
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
Example Sentences:'as filthy as a pigsty''a foul pond''a nasty pigsty of a room'
especially of a ship's lines etc
Example Sentences:'with its sails afoul''a foul anchor'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Foul
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Foul
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Foul
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