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fouling definition
fouling |
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 -------------- 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) Grep of adj fouling antifouling 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)
fouling definition