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foul

English

🔊 (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
🔊 especially of a ship's lines etc
“with its sails afoul”
🔊 disgustingly dirty
“as filthy as a pigsty”
🔊 (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
“foul (or dirty) copy”
🔊 characterized by obscenity
“had a filthy mouth”
🔊 violating accepted standards or rules
“a dirty fighter”
🔊 offensively malodorous
“a foul odor”
🔊 highly offensive
“a disgusting smell”
🔊 an act that violates the rules of a sport
🔊 become soiled and dirty
🔊 make unclean
“foul the water”
🔊 spot, stain, or pollute
“The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it”
🔊 commit a foul
🔊 hit a foul ball
🔊 make impure
“The industrial wastes polluted the lake”
🔊 become or cause to become obstructed
“The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”