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foul - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
foul
Definition
(noun) an act that violates the rules of a sport
Definition
(verb) hit a foul ball
Definition
(verb) make impure
Synonyms
:
contaminate
,
pollute
Example Sentence
The industrial wastes polluted the lake
Definition
(verb) become or cause to become obstructed
Synonyms
:
back up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clog
,
clog up
,
congest
Example Sentence
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
The water pipe is backed up
Definition
(verb) commit a foul; break the rules
Definition
(verb) spot, stain, or pollute
Synonyms
:
befoul
,
defile
,
maculate
Example Sentence
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
Definition
(verb) make unclean
Example Sentence
foul the water
Definition
(verb) become soiled and dirty
Definition
(adj) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
Synonyms
:
disgustful
,
disgusting
,
distasteful
,
loathly
,
loathsome
,
repellant
,
repellent
,
repelling
,
revolting
,
skanky
,
wicked
,
yucky
Example Sentence
a disgusting smell
distasteful language
a loathsome disease
the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
revolting food
a wicked stench
Definition
(adj) offensively malodorous
Synonyms
:
fetid
,
foetid
,
foul-smelling
,
funky
,
ill-scented
,
noisome
,
smelly
,
stinking
Example Sentence
a foul odor
the kitchen smelled really funky
Definition
(adj) violating accepted standards or rules
Synonyms
:
cheating
,
dirty
,
unsporting
,
unsportsmanlike
Example Sentence
a dirty fighter
used foul means to gain power
a nasty unsporting serve
fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
Definition
(adj) (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
Definition
(adj) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
Synonyms
:
dirty
,
marked-up
Example Sentence
foul (or dirty) copy
Definition
(adj) characterized by obscenity
Synonyms
:
cruddy
,
filthy
,
nasty
,
smutty
Example Sentence
had a filthy mouth
foul language
smutty jokes
Definition
(adj) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
Synonyms
:
filthy
,
nasty
Example Sentence
as filthy as a pigsty
a foul pond
a nasty pigsty of a room
Definition
(adj) especially of a ship's lines etc
Synonyms
:
afoul
,
fouled
Example Sentence
with its sails afoul
a foul anchor
Word used in video below:
text: Bucket, and the foul.
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