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Definition of Foul
Pronunciation: foul | n. | 1. | A bird. | | a. | 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. | | 2. | Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language. | | 3. | Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched. | | 4. | Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease. | | 5. | Ugly; homely; poor. | | 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. | | 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. | | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | n. | 1. | An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race. | | 2. | (Baseball) See Foul ball, under Foul, a. | | 3. | In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like. |
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