Overview of noun foul

The noun foul has 1 sense

• foul -- (an act that violates the rules of a sport)

Overview of verb foul

The verb foul has 7 senses

• foul -- (hit a foul ball)


• pollute, foul, contaminate -- (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake")


• clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul -- (become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up")


• foul -- (commit a foul; break the rules)


• foul, befoul, defile, maculate -- (spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it")


• foul -- (make unclean; "foul the water")


• foul -- (become soiled and dirty)

Overview of adj foul

The adj foul has 8 senses

• disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky -- (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")


• fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented -- (offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky")


• cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike -- (violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior")


• foul -- ((of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines)


• dirty, foul, marked-up -- ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy")


• cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty -- (characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes")


• filthy, foul, nasty -- (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room")


• afoul, foul, fouled -- (especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor")