English dictionary
foul
adjectiveParts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- especially of a ship's lines etc
adjective
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
adjective
- characterized by obscenity
adjective
- (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
adjective
- violating accepted standards or rules
adjective
- offensively malodorous
adjective
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
adjective
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
noun
- an act that violates the rules of a sport
verb
- become soiled and dirty
verb
- make unclean
verb
- spot, stain, or pollute
verb
- make impure
verb
- commit a foul; break the rules
verb
- hit a foul ball
verb
- become or cause to become obstructed
Example sentences
with its sails afoul
a foul anchor
as filthy as a pigsty
a foul pond
a nasty pigsty of a room
had a filthy mouth
foul language
smutty jokes
a dirty fighter
used foul means to gain power
a nasty unsporting serve
fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
a foul odor
the kitchen smelled really funky
foul (or dirty) copy
a disgusting smell
distasteful language
a loathsome disease
the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
revolting food
foul the water
The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
The industrial wastes polluted the lake
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
The water pipe is backed up