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foul definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb foul 4 of 7 senses of foul Sense 1 foul => foul out Sense 2 pollute, foul, contaminate => infect, taint Sense 3 clog, choke off clog up back up congest, choke, foul => gum up => crap up => stuff, lug, choke up block => silt up silt Sense 4 foul => hack => hack Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb foul 4 of 7 senses of foul Sense 1 foul => foul out Sense 2 pollute, foul, contaminate => infect, taint => superinfect => smut Sense 3 clog, choke off clog up back up congest, choke, foul => gum up => crap up => stuff, lug, choke up block => silt up silt Sense 4 foul => hack => hack Entailment of verb foul Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb foul 7 senses of foul Sense 1 foul => hit Sense 2 pollute, foul, contaminate => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire Sense 3 clog, choke off clog up back up congest, choke, foul => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up Sense 4 foul => play Sense 5 foul, befoul, defile, maculate => dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame Sense 6 foul => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire Sense 7 foul => change Familiarity of verb foul foul used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 7) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb foul Sense 1 foul => hit -------------- Sense 2 pollute, foul, contaminate => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -------------- Sense 3 clog, choke off clog up back up congest, choke, foul => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -------------- Sense 4 foul => play -------------- Sense 5 foul, befoul, defile, maculate => dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame -------------- Sense 6 foul => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire -------------- Sense 7 foul => change -------------- Grep of noun foul foul foul-up foul-weather gear foul ball foul line foul play foul shot foulard foulmart foulness personal foul Overview of noun foul The noun foul has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. foul -- ((sports) an act that violates of the rules of the sport) Overview of verb foul The verb foul has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) foul -- (hit a foul ball, in baseball) 2. (1) pollute, foul, contaminate -- (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake") 3. 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") 4. foul -- (commit a foul; break the rules) 5. foul, befoul, defile, maculate -- (spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it") 6. foul -- (make foul; "foul the water") 7. foul -- (become foul or dirty) Overview of adj foul The adj foul has 9 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (1) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky -- (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") 2. (1) fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid, stinking -- (offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell") 3. (1) cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike -- (violating accepted standards or rules "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior") 4. foul -- ((of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines) 5. dirty, foul, marked-up -- ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy") 6. filthy, foul, nasty, vile -- ((informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having") 7. filthy, foul, nasty, smutty -- (characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes") 8. filthy, foul, nasty -- (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room") 9. afoul, foul, fouled -- (especially of a ship's lines etc "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor") Antonyms of adj foul 9 senses of foul Sense 1 disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky INDIRECT (VIA offensive) -> inoffensive Sense 2 fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid, stinking INDIRECT (VIA malodorous) -> fragrant Sense 3 cheating(postnominal), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike INDIRECT (VIA unfair) -> fair, just Sense 4 foul (vs. fair) fair (vs. foul) => in-bounds Sense 5 dirty, foul, marked-up INDIRECT (VIA illegible) -> legible Sense 6 filthy, foul, nasty, vile INDIRECT (VIA inclement) -> clement Sense 7 filthy, foul, nasty, smutty INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean, unobjectionable Sense 8 filthy, foul, nasty INDIRECT (VIA dirty) -> clean Sense 9 afoul(predicate), foul, fouled INDIRECT (VIA tangled) -> untangled Similarity of adj foul 9 senses of foul Sense 1 disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky => offensive (vs. inoffensive) Sense 2 fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid, stinking => malodorous (vs. fragrant) Sense 3 cheating(postnominal), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike => unfair (vs. fair), unjust Sense 4 foul (vs. fair) => out-of-bounds Sense 5 dirty, foul, marked-up => illegible (vs. legible) Sense 6 filthy, foul, nasty, vile => inclement (vs. clement) Sense 7 filthy, foul, nasty, smutty => dirty (vs. clean) Sense 8 filthy, foul, nasty => dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean Sense 9 afoul(predicate), foul, fouled => tangled (vs. untangled) Attributes of adj foul Familiarity of adj foul foul used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 9) Grep of adj foul afoul foul foul-mouthed foul-smelling foul-spoken fouled Overview of noun foul The noun foul has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. foul -- ((sports) an act that violates of the rules of the sport) Overview of verb foul The verb foul has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) foul -- (hit a foul ball, in baseball) 2. (1) pollute, foul, contaminate -- (make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake") 3. 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") 4. foul -- (commit a foul; break the rules) 5. foul, befoul, defile, maculate -- (spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it") 6. foul -- (make foul; "foul the water") 7. foul -- (become foul or dirty) Overview of adj foul The adj foul has 9 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (1) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, wicked, yucky -- (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") 2. (1) fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid, stinking -- (offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell") 3. (1) cheating, dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike -- (violating accepted standards or rules "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior") 4. foul -- ((of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines) 5. dirty, foul, marked-up -- ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy") 6. filthy, foul, nasty, vile -- ((informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having") 7. filthy, foul, nasty, smutty -- (characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes") 8. filthy, foul, nasty -- (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room") 9. afoul, foul, fouled -- (especially of a ship's lines etc "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor")
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