- FOUL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of FOUL is offensive to the senses : loathsome How to use foul in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Foul
- FOUL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
FOUL definition: 1 extremely unpleasant: 2 Foul speech or other language is offensive, rude, or shocking: 3… Learn more
- Foul - definition of foul by The Free Dictionary
1 a Offensive to the senses; revolting: "a foul little creature with greedy eyes and slobbering mouth" (J R R Tolkien) b Having a bad odor or taste: foul breath; food that tasted foul c Rotten or putrid: foul meat 2 a Containing dirt, impurities, or other foreign matter; foul water
- foul - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
foul (plural fouls) (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball quotations
- FOUL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you describe something as foul, you mean it is dirty and smells or tastes unpleasant foul polluted water The smell was quite foul
- foul, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun foul, two of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
- foul adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . .
Definition of foul adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary dirty and smelling bad Foul drinking water was blamed for the epidemic
- foul, fouler, fouled, fouls, fouling, foulest- WordWeb . . .
"foul the water " Spoil, spot, stain, or pollute "The townspeople fouled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"; - befoul, defile, maculate [literary] Make impure in a bad way; make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted substance "The industrial wastes fouled the lake "; - pollute, contaminate Become soiled and dirty
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