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Meaning of foul
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foul
adj 1: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a
disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome
disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
"revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: {disgusting},
{disgustful}, {distasteful}, {foul}, {loathly},
{loathsome}, {repellent}, {repellant}, {repelling},
{revolting}, {skanky}, {wicked}, {yucky}]
2: offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled
really funky" [syn: {fetid}, {foetid}, {foul}, {foul-
smelling}, {funky}, {noisome}, {smelly}, {stinking}, {ill-
scented}]
3: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
"used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve";
"fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: {cheating(a)},
{dirty}, {foul}, {unsporting}, {unsportsmanlike}]
4: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines [ant: {fair}]
5: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty)
copy" [syn: {dirty}, {foul}, {marked-up}]
6: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul
language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: {cruddy}, {filthy}, {foul},
{nasty}, {smutty}]
7: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
"as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a
room" [syn: {filthy}, {foul}, {nasty}]
8: especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a
foul anchor" [syn: {afoul(ip)}, {foul}, {fouled}]
n 1: an act that violates the rules of a sport
v 1: hit a foul ball
2: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn:
{pollute}, {foul}, {contaminate}]
3: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
{clog}, {choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest},
{choke}, {foul}] [ant: {unclog}]
4: commit a foul; break the rules
5: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: {foul}, {befoul},
{defile}, {maculate}]
6: make unclean; "foul the water"
7: become soiled and dirty
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