foul | English to English Dictionary

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foul

(f/AU/l )

(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines(adj.all)

Antonym:
fair

source: wordnet30
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)

source: webster1913

an act that violates the rules of a sport(noun.act)

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A bird.(noun)

source: webster1913
An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.(noun)

source: webster1913
In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.(noun)

source: webster1913

hit a foul ball(verb.competition)

source: wordnet30
make impure(verb.change)

Synonym:
contaminate, pollute

source: wordnet30
become or cause to become obstructed(verb.contact)

Synonym:
back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest
Antonym:
unclog

source: wordnet30
commit a foul; break the rules(verb.competition)

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spot, stain, or pollute(verb.change)

Synonym:
befoul, defile, maculate

source: wordnet30
make unclean(verb.change)

Example:
Foul the water.

source: wordnet30
become soiled and dirty(verb.change)

source: wordnet30
To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.(verb)

source: webster1913
To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.(verb)

source: webster1913