原汁原味学英语：foul!

foul\ˈfau̇(-ə)l\

adjective

: very unpleasant to taste or smell

: morally bad : very evil

: very bad or unpleasant

Full Definition

1 a : offensive to the senses : loathsome

b : filled or covered with offensive matter

2 : full of dirt or mud

3 a : morally or spiritually odious : detestable <a foul crime>

b : notably unpleasant or distressing : wretched, horrid <in a foul mood>

4 : obscene, abusive <foul language>

5 a : being wet and stormy

b : obstructive to navigation <a foul tide>

6 dial British : homely, ugly

7 a : treacherous, dishonorable <fair means or foul>

b : constituting an infringement of rules in a game or sport <a foul blow in boxing>

8 : containing marked-up corrections <a foul manuscript> <foul proofs>

9 : encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance <the chimney was foul and smoked badly>

10 : being odorous and impure : polluted <foul air>

11 : placed in a situation that impedes physical movement : entangled

12 : being outside the foul lines in baseball

synonyms see dirty

foul·ly \ˈfau̇(l)-lē\ adverb

foul·ness noun

Examples

the foul odor of rotten eggs

The medicine left a foul taste in my mouth.

The weather has been foul all week.

Origin: Middle English, from Old English fūl; akin to Old High German fūl rotten, Latin pus pus, putēre to stink, Greek pyon pus.

First use: before 12th century

Synonyms: bleak, dirty, inclement, nasty, raw, rough, squally, stormy, tempestuous, turbulent

Antonyms: bright, clear, clement, cloudless, fair, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded

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foul

noun

sports : an action that is against the rules and for which a player is given a penalty

baseball : a batted ball that lands outside the foul lines : a foul ball

Full Definition

1 archaic : something foul

2 : an entanglement or collision especially in angling or sailing

3 a : an infringement of the rules in a game or sport

b : free throw

4 : foul ball

Examples

He hit several fouls in a row.

First use: before 12th century

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foul

verb

: to make (a substance, place, etc.) dirty

sports : to commit a foul

: to commit a foul against (another player)

Full Definition

intransitive verb

1 : to become or be foul: as

a : decompose, rot

b : to become encrusted, clogged, or choked with a foreign substance

c : to become entangled or come into collision

2 : to commit a violation of the rules in a sport or game

3 : to hit a foul balltransitive verb

1 : to make foul: as

a : to make dirty : pollute

b : to tangle or come into collision with

c : to encrust with a foreign substance <a ship's bottom fouled with barnacles>

d : obstruct, block

2 : dishonor, discredit

3 : to commit a foul against

4 : to hit (a baseball) foul

Examples

pollutants that foul the air

She fouled on her first long jump attempt.

He was fouled as he attempted the shot.

First use: before 12th century

Synonyms: befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, distain [archaic], dirty, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully

Antonyms: clean, cleanse

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foul

adverb

: in a foul manner : so as to be foul

First use: 13th century

原汁原味学英语：foul!