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superl.
Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
superl.
Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
v. t.
To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
v. i.
To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
n.
The act of ventilating, or the state of being ventilated; the art or process of replacing foul air by that which is pure, in any inclosed place, as a house, a church, a mine, etc.; free exposure to air.
a.
Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc.
superl.
Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
adv.
Foully.
superl.
Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Foul
imp. & p. p.
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v.
In a foul manner; filthily; nastily; shamefully; unfairly; dishonorably.
n.
A contrivance for effecting ventilation; especially, a contrivance or machine for drawing off or expelling foul or stagnant air from any place or apartment, or for introducing that which is fresh and pure.
superl.
Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
v. t.
To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.
n.
See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
superl.
Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
n.
The quality or condition of being foul.
v. t.
To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
n.
Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk.
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