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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")