Foul - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |faʊl|  American pronunciation of the word foul
Brit.  |faʊl|  British pronunciation of the word foul

noun

- an act that violates the rules of a sport

verb

- hit a foul ball
- make impure (syn: contaminate, pollute)
- become or cause to become obstructed (syn: back up, choke, choke off, clog, congest)
- commit a foul; break the rules
- spot, stain, or pollute (syn: befoul, defile, maculate)
- make unclean
foul the water
- become soiled and dirty

adjective

- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust (syn: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathsome, repellent, revolting, wicked, yucky)
- offensively malodorous (syn: fetid, foetid, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking)
a foul odor
- violating accepted standards or rules (syn: cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike)
used foul means to gain power
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes (syn: dirty)
foul (or dirty) copy
- characterized by obscenity (syn: filthy, nasty, smutty)
foul language
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter (syn: filthy, nasty)
a foul pond
- especially of a ship's lines etc
with its sails afoul
a foul anchor

Extra examples

The medicine left a foul taste in my mouth.

The weather has been foul all week.

He hit several fouls in a row.

She fouled on her first long jump attempt.

He was fouled as he attempted the shot.

He kept fouling pitches into the stands.

The air within the cell was foul.

If your chimney is foul, clean it.

The foul smells of the place soon drove us away.

Vulture is a foul feeder.

This horse trots foul.

There were rumors she had fallen foul of her new boss.

This was not the last time that Marlowe came foul of the law.

The seashore is fouled up with oil from the wrecked ship.

He woke up with a foul taste in his mouth.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: foul
he/she/it: fouls
present participle: fouling
past tense: fouled
past participle: fouled
noun
singular: foul
plural: fouls
adjective
comparative: fouler
superlative: foulest
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