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 fouled

The adj fouled has 2 senses

• befouled, fouled -- (made dirty or foul; "a building befouled with soot"; "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot")


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