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foul definition and meaning
n.
A bird.
superl.
Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
superl.
Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
superl.
Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
superl.
Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
superl.
Ugly; homely; poor.
superl.
Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
superl.
Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
superl.
Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
v. t.
To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
v. t.
To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
v. t.
To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
v. t.
To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.
v. i.
To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
v. i.
To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
n.
An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
n.
See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
Crossword clues for foul
- Disgusting sound made by chicken
- Fraudulent
- Handball offence
- Loathsome
- Offensive to the senses
- Rule violation in sport
- Smelling bad
- Smelly
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