foul
adjective
- 1
especially of a ship's lines etc
with its sails afoul
a foul anchor
- 2
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
as filthy as a pigsty
a foul pond
- 3
characterized by obscenity
had a filthy mouth
foul language
- 4
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
noun
- 1
an act that violates the rules of a sport
verb
- 1
become soiled and dirty
- 2
make unclean
foul the water
- 3
spot, stain, or pollute
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
- 4
make impure
The industrial wastes polluted the lake
- 5
commit a foul; break the rules
- 6
hit a foul ball
- 7
become or cause to become obstructed
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
The water pipe is backed up
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