foul : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: foul	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for foul
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
foul adj 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" Synonym(s): disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" Synonym(s): fetid, foetid, foul, foul- smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill- scented violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" Synonym(s): cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines Antonym(s): fair (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" Synonym(s): dirty, foul, marked-up characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" Synonym(s): cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" Synonym(s): filthy, foul, nasty especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor" Synonym(s): afoul(ip), foul, fouled n an act that violates the rules of a sport v hit a foul ball make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" Synonym(s): pollute, foul, contaminate become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" Synonym(s): clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul Antonym(s): unclog commit a foul; break the rules spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" Synonym(s): foul, befoul, defile, maculate make unclean; "foul the water" become soiled and dirty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, n. In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\ (foul), n. [See {Fowl}.] A bird. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\ (foul), a. [Compar. Fouler (-[etil]r); superl. {Foulest}.] [OE. foul, ful, AS. f[umac]l; akin to D. vuil, G. faul rotten, OHG. f[umac]l, Icel. f[umac]l foul, fetid; Dan. fuul, Sw. ful foul, Goth. f[umac]ls fetid, Lith. puti to be putrid, L. putere to stink, be putrid, pus pus, Gr. py`on pus, to cause to rot, Skr. p[umac]y to stink. [fb]82. Cf. {Defile} to foul, {File} to foul, {Filth}, {Pus}, {Putrid}.] 1. 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. My face is foul with weeping. --Job. xvi. 16. 2. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. 3. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. [bd]The foul with Sycorax.[b8] --Shak. Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? --Milton. 4. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. 5. Ugly; homely; poor. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Let us, like merchants, show our foulest wares. --Shak. 6. 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. So foul a sky clears not without a storm. --Shak. 7. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play. 8. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fouled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fouling}.] 1. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire. 2. (Mil.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing. 3. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles. 4. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, v. i. 1. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun. 2. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foul \Foul\, n. 1. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race. 2. (Baseball) See {Foul ball}, under {Foul}, a.