Danish Meaning of foul

foul

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Definitions and Meaning of foul in English

Wordnet

foul (n)

an act that violates the rules of a sport

Wordnet

foul (v)

hit a foul ball

make impure

become or cause to become obstructed

commit a foul; break the rules

spot, stain, or pollute

make unclean

become soiled and dirty

Wordnet

foul (s)

highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

offensively malodorous

violating accepted standards or rules

(of a manuscript) defaced with changes

characterized by obscenity

disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

especially of a ship's lines etc

Wordnet

foul (a)

(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

Webster

foul (n.)

A bird.

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

See ball, under Foul, a.

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

Webster

foul (superl.)

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.

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

Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.

Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.

Ugly; homely; poor.

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.

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

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.

Webster

foul (v. t.)

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

To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.

To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.

To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.

Webster

foul (v. i.)

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

To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.

FAQs About the word foul

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foughten => kæmpede, fought => kæmpede, fougasse => Focaccia, fougade => Fougade, foucault pendulum => Foucaults pendul,