foul
- Adjective. 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.
- Adjective. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
- Adjective. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
- Adjective. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
- Adjective. Ugly; homely; poor.
- Adjective. 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.
- Adjective. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
- Adjective. (nautical) 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.
- Adjective. (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
- Verb. (transitive) To make dirty.
- Verb. (transitive) To besmirch.
- Verb. (transitive) To clog or obstruct.
- Verb. (transitive, nautical) To entangle.
- Verb. (transitive, basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
- Verb. (transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.
- Verb. (intransitive) To become clogged.
- Verb. (intransitive) To become entangled.
- Verb. (intransitive, basketball) To commit a foul.
- Verb. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
- Noun. (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; as, for example, foot-tripping in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
- Noun. (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
- Noun. (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
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