Search Result:fouled
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")