foul

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foul Definition

(a) (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
(n) an act that violates of the rules of a sport
(s) 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"
(s) offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
(s) violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
(s) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
(s) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we''re having"
(s) characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
(s) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
(s) especially of a ship''s lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
(v) hit a foul ball
(v) make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
(v) become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
(v) commit a foul; break the rules
(v) spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
(v) make unclean; "foul the water"
(v) become soiled and dirty

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