foul meaning and definition

FOUL noun

Definition of foul (noun)

1. an act that violates the rules of a sport

FOUL verb

Definition of foul (verb)

1. hit a foul ball
2. make impure
   • "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
   • synonyms: contaminate, pollute
3. become or cause to become obstructed
   • "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
   • synonyms: back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest
   • antonym: unclog
4. commit a foul; break the rules
5. spot, stain, or pollute
   • "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
   • synonyms: befoul, defile, maculate
6. make unclean
   • "foul the water"
7. become soiled and dirty

FOUL adjective

Definition of foul (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: disgustful, disgusting, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellant, repellent, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
2. offensively malodorous
   • "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
   • synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, noisome, smelly, stinking
3. violating accepted standards or rules
   • "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
   • synonyms: cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
4. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
   • antonym: fair
5. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
   • "foul (or dirty) copy"
   • synonyms: dirty, marked-up
6. characterized by obscenity
   • "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
   • synonyms: cruddy, filthy, 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"
   • synonyms: filthy, nasty
8. especially of a ship's lines etc
   • "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
   • synonyms: afoul, fouled