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Quick definitions from WordNet (foul)
▸ noun: an act that violates of the rules of a sport
▸ verb: become soiled and dirty
▸ verb: make unclean ("Foul the water")
▸ verb: spot, stain, or pollute
▸ verb: commit a foul; break the rules
▸ verb: hit a foul ball
▸ verb: make impure
▸ verb: become or cause to become obstructed
▸ adjective: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
▸ adjective: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes ("Foul (or dirty) copy")
▸ adjective: especially of a ship's lines etc ("With its sails afoul")
▸ adjective: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter ("A foul pond")
▸ adjective: characterized by obscenity ("Foul language")
▸ adjective: thoroughly unpleasant ("Filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having")
▸ adjective: violating accepted standards or rules ("Used foul means to gain power")
▸ adjective: offensively malodorous
▸ adjective: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
▸ Also see fouls
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to foul
▸ Usage examples for foul
▸ Idioms related to foul (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing foul
▸ Popular nouns described by foul
▸ Words that often appear near foul
▸ Rhymes of foul
▸ Invented words related to foul
▸ noun: an act that violates of the rules of a sport
▸ verb: become soiled and dirty
▸ verb: make unclean ("Foul the water")
▸ verb: spot, stain, or pollute
▸ verb: commit a foul; break the rules
▸ verb: hit a foul ball
▸ verb: make impure
▸ verb: become or cause to become obstructed
▸ adjective: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
▸ adjective: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes ("Foul (or dirty) copy")
▸ adjective: especially of a ship's lines etc ("With its sails afoul")
▸ adjective: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter ("A foul pond")
▸ adjective: characterized by obscenity ("Foul language")
▸ adjective: thoroughly unpleasant ("Filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having")
▸ adjective: violating accepted standards or rules ("Used foul means to gain power")
▸ adjective: offensively malodorous
▸ adjective: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
▸ Also see fouls
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to foul
▸ Usage examples for foul
▸ Idioms related to foul (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing foul
▸ Popular nouns described by foul
▸ Words that often appear near foul
▸ Rhymes of foul
▸ Invented words related to foul