foul
fouls fouled fouling fouler foulest
Noun
1. an act that violates of the rules of a sport
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Verb
1. hit a foul ball
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2. make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
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3. become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
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4. commit a foul; break the rules
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5. spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
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6. make unclean; "foul the water"
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7. become soiled and dirty
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Adjective
1. 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"
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2. offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
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3. violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
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4. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
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5. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
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6. thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"
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7. characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
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8. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
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9. especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
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