Lexic.us

Definition of Foul

1. Adjective. Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. "A wicked stench"

2. Verb. Hit a foul ball.

3. Noun. An act that violates the rules of a sport.

4. Adjective. Offensively malodorous. "The kitchen smelled really funky"

5. Verb. Make impure. "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

6. Adjective. Violating accepted standards or rules. "Fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"

7. Verb. Become or cause to become obstructed. "The water pipe is backed up"

8. Adjective. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines.

9. Verb. Commit a foul; break the rules.

10. Adjective. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes. "Foul (or dirty) copy"

11. Verb. Spot, stain, or pollute. "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

12. Adjective. Characterized by obscenity. "Smutty jokes"

13. Verb. Make unclean. "Foul the water"

14. Adjective. Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. "A nasty pigsty of a room"

15. Verb. Become soiled and dirty.

16. Adjective. Especially of a ship's lines etc. "A foul anchor"

Definition of Foul

1. n. A bird.

2. a. 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.

3. v. t. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.

4. v. i. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.

5. n. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.

6. n. In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.

Definition of Foul

1. 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. ¹

2. Adjective. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. ¹

3. Adjective. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. ¹

4. Adjective. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. ¹

5. Adjective. Ugly; homely; poor. ¹

6. 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. ¹

7. Adjective. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. ¹

8. 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. ¹

9. Adjective. (baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory. ¹

10. Verb. (transitive) To make dirty. ¹

11. Verb. (transitive) To besmirch. ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To clog or obstruct. ¹

13. Verb. (transitive nautical) To entangle. ¹

14. Verb. (transitive basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage. ¹

15. Verb. (transitive baseball) To hit outside of the baselines. ¹

16. Verb. (intransitive) To become clogged. ¹

17. Verb. (intransitive) To become entangled. ¹

18. Verb. (intransitive basketball) To commit a foul. ¹

19. Verb. (intransitive baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines. ¹

20. 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. ¹

21. Noun. (bowling) A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball. ¹

22. Noun. (baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foul

1. offensive to the senses [adj FOULER, FOULEST] / to make foul [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: foul

Medical Definition of Foul

1. 1. 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. "My face is foul with weeping." (Job. Xvi. 16) 2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. 3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. "The foul with Sycorax." "Who first seduced them to that foul revolt?" (Milton) 4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. 5. Ugly; homely; poor. "Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares." (Shak) 6. 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. "So foul a sky clears not without a storm." (Shak) 7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. 8. 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. Foul anchor. A strike by the batsman when any part of his person is outside of the lines of his position. To fall foul, to fall out; to quarrel. "If they be any ways offended, they fall foul." To fall, or run, foul of. See Fall. To make foul water, to sail in such shallow water that the ship's keel stirs the mud at the bottom. Origin: OE. Foul, ful, AS. Ful; akin to D. Vuil, G. Faul rotten, OHG. Ful, Icel. Ful foul, fetid; Dan. Fuul, Sw. Ful foul, Goth. Fuls fetid, Lith. Puti to be putrid, L. Putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. Pyon pus, to cause to rot, Skr. Puy to stink. 82. Cf. Defile to foul, File to foul, Filth, Pus, Putrid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foul

fouet fouets fouette fouettes fouetté fougade fougades fougerite fough fought

foughten foughtier foughty foul (current term) foul-mouthed foul-smelling foul-spoken foul-up foul-weather gear foul anchor

foul ball foul bill of health foul language foul line foul out foul play foul pole

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